Fier County
Qarku i Fierit (Albanian) | |
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| Coordinates: 40°45′N 19°35′E / 40.750°N 19.583°E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| Seat | Fier |
| Subdivisions | |
| Government | |
| • Council chairman | Evis Sema (PS) [1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,890 km2 (730 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 8th |
| Population (2021[2]) | |
| • Total | 286,002 |
| • Rank | 3rd |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| HDI (2021) | 0.769 high · 10th of 12 |
| NUTS Code | AL032 |
| Website | Official Website |
Fier County (Albanian pronunciation: [fieɽ]; Albanian: Qarku Fier), officially the County of Fier (Albanian: Qarku i Fierit), is a county in the Southern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the eighth largest by area and the third most populous of the twelve counties, with more than 286,000 people within an area of 1,890 km2 (730 sq mi). The county borders on the Adriatic Sea to the west, the counties of Tirana to the north, Elbasan to the northeast, Berat to the east and Vlorë to the south, Gjirokastër Country to the sud east. It is divided into six municipalities, Fier, Divjakë, Lushnjë, Mallakastër, Patos and Roskovec, with all of whom incorporate forty-two administrative units.[3]
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Geography
Until 2000, Fier County was subdivided into three districts: Fier, Lushnjë, and Mallakastër. Before 2015, it consisted of 42 municipalities.[3]
Demography
According to the last national census from 2011, Fier County had 310,331 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the county include:[4]
- Albanians = 241,163 (77.71%)
- Greeks = 332 (0.11%)
- Macedonians = 18 (0.01%)
- Montenegrins = 5 (0.00%)
- Aromanians = 1,553 (0.50%)
- Romani = 1,640 (0,53%)
- Egyptians = 75 (0,02%)
- others = 171 (0.06%)
- no answer = 65,374 (21.07%)
Islam is the largest religion in the county, forming 48.52% of the total population (150,559 people). There are also some Bektashi Muslims with 1.01% (3,137 people), 7.15% percent consisting of believers without a denomination (22,186 people) and Christians forming 15.91% of the county's population (Orthodox (13.76%) (42,993 people), Evangelists (0.11% (331 people) (and Roman Catholics) (1.98%) (6,149 people).
See also
References
- ^ https://top-channel.tv/2023/07/07/konstituohet-keshilli-i-qarkut-fier-evis-sema-rizgjidhet-per-nje-mandat-te-dyte-si-kryetare/
- ^ "Population on 1st January by prefecture and sex" (PDF). INSTAT. 7 May 2021. p. 6.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6370. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ "2011 census results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
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| Central Region | ||
| Southern Region | ||
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Subdivisions of Fier County | ||
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County Seat: Fier | ||
| Municipality of Divjakë |  | |
| Municipality of Fier | ||
| Municipality of Lushnjë | ||
| Municipality of Mallakastër | ||
| Municipality of Patos | ||
| Municipality of Roskovec | ||
This page was last edited on 28 May 2024, at 10:58