Korçë County

The Qark Korçë (Albanian Qarku i Korçës ) is one of twelve Qarks in Albania. It is situated in south-eastern Albania and has an area of ​​3711 km ². The capital is Korçë.

Geography

The Qark Korçë consists of the circles Devoll, Kolonja, Korçë and Pogradec with the cultural city of Korca as historical, economic and administrative center. In the north east borders the Qark Korçë to Macedonia, Lake Ohrid and Prespa lakes that. In the east and south, the boundary of the circle also border with Greece. The whole area is very mountainous, only the plain of Korçë enables large-scale farm. In the spring Qark important rivers of central and southern Albania, the Shkumbin, Devoll and Osum.

The National Park Drenova with its significant population of brown bears and the National Park of Prespa with its species-rich wetlands form the largest natural attractions of the Qarks.

Southwest of Qarks is the Qark Gjirokastra, west of Berat County and northwest of Elbasan Qark.

Population

The Qark has, according to statistics office Instituti i Statistikës the year 2009 257.530 inhabitants. Latest Zahlenm the 2011 census, however, have made ​​only 220 438 inhabitants, which represents a decrease of almost 20 % over the last ten years.

In Qark there to Greece towards an important Macedonian minority living on Lake Prespa in particular, and a Greek minority. In Voskopoja also live a few hundred Aromanians.

Politics and Administration

The Qark Council ( Alb. Këshilli i Qarkut ) counts 71 members. The majority belongs to the Democratic Party (PD ), which represents the presidency ends with Gëzim Demçolli.

The Qark Korçë provides twelve Members of a total of 140 for the 2009 and 2013 legislative sessions beginning of the Albanian parliament

Pictures

Cathedral of Korca

Mountain landscape in Kolonja

Waterfront on Lake Ohrid in Pogradec