KORÇA

Introduction

All cities have need for knowledge. This is so in all places, especially in Albania, which was for a long time forgotten by the world and closed off, for half a century, by a macabre dictatorship; Albania was in the hands of an anti-national, genocidal clan.

Korca and its surroundings, like the rest of Albania, have undergone a period of terrible isolation.

Korca, as the rest of Albania, is part of the Balkan triangle and this small guide strives to open a window and shed some light on the small but important part of the world.

The story of Albania, which is one of the oldest on the continent, has been told faithfully and proudly by previous generations of Albanians; however, Albania has lost half of its original land as well as half of its people.

Therefore, it is a moral as well as intellectual duty to make a contribution in the manner of those who have preceded in telling the story of Albania with guides and journals like Nuci Naci, Lumo Skendo, Teki Selenica, etc.

We Albanians tell our story now not because we are obsessed with ourselves or with our history, but only as a defense and a manner of showing our pride.

With pride for our Korca, we Albanians offer this web-site to a better understanding of our land and our peope.

Prefecture of Korca

The prefecture is the in the southeast of Albania. In Northwest, Korca is Bordered by Librazhd, Gramsh (Prefecture of Elbasan), Skrapar (Prefecture of Berat), and Permet (Prefecture of Gjirokaster). In the east and the southeast, Korca is bordered by the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece.

The Prefecture of Korca has four districts:

Korca and its center

Pogradec and its center

Devolli and its center city, Bilishtin

Kolonja and its center city, Erseka.

Surface area: 4.210 km.2

Population: 334.762 inhabitants

Center (Korca) : 74.340 inhabitants

Number of District: 4

Number of Municipalities: 5

Number of Smaller Districts: 32

Name Prefecture Korca Pogradec Kolonja Devolli

Surface Area 4.210 2.180 725 805 500

Population 334.762 180.000 81.762 28.000 45.000

Density 79.5 82.56 112.77 37.78 90

Distances from Korca:

Korca - Pogradec 39 km

Korca - Bilisht 27 km

Korca - Erseke 45 km

Korca - Leskovik 64 km

Korca - Pogradec - Tirana 181 km

Korca - Pogradec - Durres 199 km

Data for District of Korca

I - Population:

1.- Surface Area: 2.180 km.2

2.- Total Population: 193,992 inhabitants

3.- Korca - Center: 74,370 inhabitants

4.- City of Maliq: 5,361 inhabitants

II - Number of families: 50,786

- City of Korca: 23,082

- City of Maliq: 1,388

III - Number of Smaller District: 15

IV - Number of Villages: 151

District of Korca

1.- Geographical Data:

Korca has a surrounding surface area of 2,180 km.2. It has the second largest surface area in Albania. It lies in the southeast of Albania and has a latitude of 400 and 27' and 400 and 57' and a longitude of 210 and 4' and 200 and 19'. In the North, it is bordered by Pogradec and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Makedonia. In the East, it is bordered by Greece. In the Southwest, it is bordered by Kolonja and Permet, While in the West, it is bordered by Gramsh and Skrapar.