Mirditë District
Encyclopedia
The District of Mirditë is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania, part of Lezhë County
Lezhë County
Lezhë County is one of the 12 counties of Albania. It consists of the districts Kurbin, Lezhë and Mirditë and its capital is Lezhë.Lezhë has a small western shoreline on the Adriatic Sea. On land, it borders the following counties:*Shkodër: north...

. It has a population of 26,668 (2010 estimate), and an area of 867 km². It is in the north of the country, and its capital is Rrëshen
Rrëshen
Rrëshen is a small Albanian city and the administrative seat of the Mirditë District, in northern Albania. In 2001, it had a population of 9,240 people.-The City:...

. The district consists of the following municipalities:
  • Fan
    Fan, Albania
    Fan is a municipality in the Mirditë District, Lezhë County, northwestern Albania....

  • Kaçinar
    Kaçinar
    Kaçinar is a municipality in the Mirditë District, Lezhë County, northwestern Albania....

  • Kthellë
    Kthellë
    Kthellë is a municipality in the Mirditë District, Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. The largest village in the municipality is Perlat....

  • Orosh
    Orosh
    Orosh is a municipality in the Mirditë District, Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. The seat of the municipality is the town of Reps....

  • Rrëshen
    Rrëshen
    Rrëshen is a small Albanian city and the administrative seat of the Mirditë District, in northern Albania. In 2001, it had a population of 9,240 people.-The City:...

  • Rubik
    Rubik, Albania
    Rubik is a municipality located in the central-north of Albania in the mountainous Mirditë District along national roadway SH30 which links Tirana/Lezhë County with Rrëshen/Kukes and the new Durrës-Kosovo auto-strata...

  • Selitë
    Selitë, Mirditë
    Selitë is a municipality in the Mirditë District, Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. The settlement holding city status is Kurbnesh....



During the time of Ottoman rule, Mirdita, along with the surrounding tribal regions, obtained a status of semi-independence from the Ottomans and managed to preserve their Roman Catholic faith.

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK