Dibër District
The circle Dibra (Albanian: Rrethi i Dibrës ) is one of the 36 administrative districts of Albania to the east of the country. The circle with an area of 761 km ² belongs to Qark Dibra. He has 61 619 inhabitants ( 2011), which claims to even 81 394 inhabitants ( 2011). The name comes from the same region of Dibra, the northwestern half - also called Small Dibra - it comprises approximately. Chief town of the district is the city Peshkopia.
Geography
The district includes a part on the middle reaches of the Black drins on the border with Macedonia. To the east and west mountain ranges form the border between the river runs to the north. In the western, very secluded mountain land of the Lura National Park is located. From the valley floor to the east the land rises only gradually, before it then rises steeply to a high mountain. In this, part patio -like area at the foot of the mountains are numerous villages and also the capital of Peshkopi. In Korabgebirge, which also forms the border with Macedonia, lies with the Maja e Korabit ( 2764 m above sea level. A. ) the highest mountain of Albania and Macedonia.
Population
Despite its proximity to Macedonia 's ethnic structure of the population is relatively homogeneous. However, there is a small Macedonian minority. They live in the villages around Maqellara, a town with 10,577 inhabitants ( 2011 census ). Unlike for the Macedonians at Lake Prespa, there is no native language instruction for the Slavs in the district of Dibra. Efforts therefore have been going on for almost ten years.
Almost 90 percent of the population are Muslim, the Macedonian Orthodox minority. Many people have relatives in Macedonia, so that the exchange is quite lively. Like all rural areas of Albania is characterized by high levels of emigration and the Dibra.