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A wide river plain of fields and orchards seen from a hillside, with a town at the foot of the hills

The twelve counties

Albania is divided into twelve counties, each named after its principal town. Below them sit sixty-one municipalities.

Berat Qarku i Beratit

An inland county of vineyards, the Osum canyon and a UNESCO-listed hill town.

Population 115,050 (2022, Wikidata) 1,798 km² 10 places →

Dibër Qarku i Dibrës

Albania's mountain interior on the North Macedonian border, containing Mount Korab.

Population 109,585 (2022, Wikidata) 2,586 km² 6 places →

Durrës Qarku i Durrësit

The country's smallest county by area and its main gateway: the biggest port, the longest sandy beach.

Population 291,325 (2022, Wikidata) 766 km² 17 places →

Elbasan Qarku i Elbasanit

A central industrial and agricultural county on the Shkumbin river, historically the road east.

Population 259,112 (2022, Wikidata) 3,358 km² 12 places →

Fier Qarku i Fierit

The agricultural and oil-producing plain of the south-west, with the ancient city of Apollonia.

Population 278,413 (2022, Wikidata) 1,890 km² 15 places →

Gjirokastër Qarku i Gjirokastrës

The southern mountain county of the Drino and Vjosa valleys, with a UNESCO stone city.

Population 55,278 (2022, Wikidata) 2,884 km² 13 places →

Korçë Qarku i Korçës

A high south-eastern plateau of lakes and orchards, with a distinct café and brewing culture.

Population 197,303 (2022, Wikidata) 3,711 km² 16 places →

Kukës Qarku i Kukësit

The north-eastern highlands on the Kosovo border, the gateway to the Valbona valley.

Population 72,768 (2022, Wikidata) 2,374 km² 8 places →

Lezhë Qarku i Lezhës

A short northern coast of lagoons and pine, backed by the copper country of Mirditë.

Population 117,283 (2022, Wikidata) 1,620 km² 7 places →

Shkodër Qarku i Shkodrës

The north-west: the largest lake in southern Europe, the Albanian Alps and the Drin gorge.

Population 193,009 (2022, Wikidata) 3,562 km² 24 places →

Tiranë Qarku i Tiranës

The capital county: roughly a third of the country's people, its jobs and its universities.

Population 919,511 (2022, Wikidata) 1,652 km² 33 places →

Vlorë Qarku i Vlorës

The long southern coast: the Albanian Riviera, the Karaburun peninsula and the Corfu channel.

Population 184,955 (2022, Wikidata) 2,706 km² 52 places →