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Elbasan County

Coordinates: 41°0′N 20°10′E / 41.000°N 20.167°E / 41.000; 20.167
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Elbasan County
Qarku Elbasan
County
View of Krraba Pass
View of Krraba Pass
Official logo of Elbasan County
Emblem
Coordinates: 41°0′N 20°10′E / 41.000°N 20.167°E / 41.000; 20.167
Country Albania
SeatElbasan
Subdivisions7 municipalities, 385 towns and villages
Government
 • Council chairmanEugen Isaj
Area
 • Total
3,199 km2 (1,235 sq mi)
Population
 (2016[1])
 • Total
298,913
 • Density93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
NUTS CodeAL021
WebsiteOfficial Website

Elbasan County (Template:Lang-sq) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population at the 2011 census was 295,827, in an area of 3199 km².[2] Its capital is the city Elbasan.

Administrative divisions

Until 2000, Elbasan County was subdivided into four districts: Elbasan, Gramsh, Librazhd, and Peqin. Since the 2015 local government reform, the county consists of the following 7 municipalities: Belsh, Cërrik, Elbasan, Gramsh, Librazhd, Peqin and Prrenjas.[3] Before 2015, it consisted of the following 50 municipalities:

The municipalities consist of about 385 towns and villages in total. See Villages of Elbasan County for a structured list.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2018 this county has 295,827 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the county include:[2]

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evangelist or protestant

 

55.8% Template:Chart istogram percent orthodox

 

14,3%% prefer not to answer

 

13,29%% atheist

 

3,27%% not relevant/not stated

 

2.03% catholic

 

1.03% bektashi

 

0,51%% Other christian

 

0.06% Islam is the second religion in the county, forming 30.46% of the total population (120,550 people). There are also some Bektashi Muslims with 1.60% (1,515 people), 3.47% percent consisting of believers without a denomination (30,161 people) and Christians forming the first religion of 70.14% of the county's population .(Orthodox (14.3%) (88,295 people), Evangelists (55,8% 170,550 people) (and Roman Catholics) (1.03%) (3,054 people).

References

  1. ^ "Popullsia e Shqipërisë" (PDF). instat.gov.al (in Albanian). 19 February 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b "2011 census results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

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