Schutzgebiet
Valbona Valley National Park
A broad U-shaped glacial valley of white gravel and beech forest under the Alps' highest peaks.
In einfachen Worten
Kukës is a mountain town in the north-east. The old town was flooded when a dam was built, so a new one was built higher up beside the new lake. During the Kosovo war in 1999 the town sheltered many thousands of refugees.
Einfache Erklärung
Kukës is a mountain town in the north-east. The old town was flooded when a dam was built, so a new one was built higher up beside the new lake. During the Kosovo war in 1999 the town sheltered many thousands of refugees.
Inhalt Kukës
Flughafen
Kukës International Airport
A small northern airport that opened to commercial flights in 2021, mainly serving the diaspora.
Energiestandort
Fierza Hydropower Plant
The uppermost and largest of the Drin dams, creating a reservoir shared with Kosovo.
Straße
A1 — the Nation's Road
The Durrës–Kukës–Morina motorway, including the 5.6 km Kalimash tunnel, linking Albania to Kosovo.
Kleinstadt
Kukës
A town rebuilt above a reservoir in the 1970s, and the northern end of the Nation's Road.
Dorf
Valbonë
A wide white riverbed under 2,500 m peaks; the eastern end of the Theth trek.
Kleinstadt
Bajram Curri
The road head for the Valbona valley, named after a guerrilla leader of the 1920s.
Kleinstadt
Krumë
The seat of Has municipality in the north-eastern hills near Kosovo.
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In der Nähe
Landkreis
Dibër County
Albania's mountain interior on the North Macedonian border, containing Mount Korab.
Stadt
Shkodër
The cultural capital of the north: a lake, a fortress, a bicycle city and a Catholic heartland.
Flughafen
Kukës International Airport
A small northern airport that opened to commercial flights in 2021, mainly serving the diaspora.
Energiestandort
Fierza Hydropower Plant
The uppermost and largest of the Drin dams, creating a reservoir shared with Kosovo.
Kleinstadt
Lezhë
Where the Albanian princes swore their 1444 league, and where Skanderbeg is buried.
Gebirge
The Albanian Alps
The limestone wall of the far north — locally the Accursed Mountains — shared with Montenegro and Kosovo.
Straße
A1 — the Nation's Road
The Durrës–Kukës–Morina motorway, including the 5.6 km Kalimash tunnel, linking Albania to Kosovo.
Dorf
Valbonë
A wide white riverbed under 2,500 m peaks; the eastern end of the Theth trek.
Verwandte Themen
Flughafen
Kukës International Airport
A small northern airport that opened to commercial flights in 2021, mainly serving the diaspora.
Straße
A1 — the Nation's Road
The Durrës–Kukës–Morina motorway, including the 5.6 km Kalimash tunnel, linking Albania to Kosovo.
Quellen
- Wikipedia —
Kukës — English Wikipedia
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Kukës — English Wikipedia
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Wikidata item Q210197
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Source of the population, area and elevation figures shown in Quick facts, each with its own observation year. - Wikidata —
Wikidata item Q210197
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Photographs
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Photographs
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