List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Albania

List of cities and towns in Albania

List of cities and towns in Albania

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This is a list of cities and towns in Albania categorised by municipality, county and population, according to the criteria used by the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). As of 2014, there were 74 cities classified as urban areas and 2,972 villages as rural areas in Albania.[1] The legislation of Albania provides no official classification on the criteria of how to define a city or urban area.[1] Furthermore, according to the methodology for cities conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), five areas, including Tirana, Durrës, Elbasan, Shkodër and Vlorë, can be classified as urban audit cities[lower-alpha 1].[1][2]

Cities and towns in Albania belong to the following size ranges in terms of the number of population:

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Tirana
Durrës
Vlorë
Elbasan
Shkodër
Berat
Peshkopi
Gjirokastër
Krujë
Kukës
Fier
Lezhë
Pogradec
Sarandë
Tepelenë
Korçë
Himarë

Notes

  1. An 'Urban Audit City' is an area, where at least 50% of the city's population lives in an urban centre as well as where at least 75% of the urban centre's population lives in a city.[1]

References

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    "A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population" (PDF). Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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    Dijkstra, Lewis; Poelman, Hugo. "Cities in Europe–The new OECD-EC definition" (PDF). Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). p. 13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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    Nurja, Ines. "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Kukës (2011)" (PDF). Tirana: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). p. 39. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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    Nurja, Ines. "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Fier (2011)" (PDF). Tirana: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). p. 85. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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    Nurja, Ines. "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Berat (2011)" (PDF). Tirana: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). p. 85. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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    Nurja, Ines. "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Korçë (2011)" (PDF). Tirana: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). p. 85. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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    Nurja, Ines. "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Dibër (2011)" (PDF). Tirana: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). p. 85. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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    Nurja, Ines. "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Elbasan (2011)" (PDF). Tirana: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). p. 85. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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    Nurja, Ines. "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Vlorë (2011)" (PDF). Tirana: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). p. 85. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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    Nurja, Ines. "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Durrës (2011)" (PDF). Tirana: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). p. 85. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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    Nurja, Ines. "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Shkodër (2011)" (PDF). Tirana: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). p. 85. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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    Nurja, Ines. "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Gjirokastër (2011)" (PDF). Tirana: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). p. 85. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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    Nurja, Ines. "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Tirana (2011)" (PDF). Tirana: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). p. 85. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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    Nurja, Ines. "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Lezhë (2011)" (PDF). Tirana: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). p. 85. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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