Krujë District
The circle Kruja (Albanian: Rrethi i Krujës ) is one of the 36 administrative districts of Albania. The circle with an area of 333 km ² belongs to Qark Durres. He has 59 814 inhabitants ( 2011) and is 333 square kilometers in size. It was named after the main town of Kruja district.
Geography
The circle lies in the flat plain of the river Ishëm north of Tirana and in the east adjacent Skanderbeg mountains that reach a height of over 1,400 meters. In the northwest, the area ends a few kilometers from the coast of the Adriatic Sea. In the West, the level is completed by a range of hills.
The place Fushë - Kruja ( Kruja level) became the new unofficial center of the circle, as the chief town of Kruja, situated high above the plain on the mountainside, is difficult to achieve. In the fertile and developed level, many people settle, so that the north adjacent to Fushë - Kruja neighboring community Thumana already has over 15,000 inhabitants, while it brings the southern neighboring town of Nikel to around 10,000 inhabitants.
In Fushë - Kruja, the streets of Tirana ( SH 1) and Durres combine (SH 52) the only major route to northern Albania. A tap leads to Kruja.
Northeast of Kruja is the small National Park Qafë Shtama. In an area of around 2,000 hectares are found in a mountain landscape, forests, springs and several small lakes.
In the village Bilaj west of Fushë - Kruja which is transmitted by the Ishëm alluvial soil level rises a thermal spring. The sulphurous water that contains calcium, sodium, iron and manganese, is 55 ° C warm. There is a small, simple healing center for spa guests.
Economy
Thanks to its proximity to the capital, Tirana and its central location within Albania were able to develop various economic sectors in the district of Kruja.
Trade
The circle has gained fame for a product in Tirana in particular. At many places furniture is produced. Along the main roads, a furniture sales business lined up one after another.
Even the Communists have built a cement factory and other industrial plants in Fushë - Kruja. The factories were built in easily accessible places in the plane, although there also many residents of Kruja worked to the historic site not to deface with industrial plants. Still building materials are produced in the region.
Tourism
The town of Kruja is one of the main tourist resorts of the country. The castle was the seat of the national hero Skanderbeg, and from here he fought against the Turks. Together with the old bazaar is the Castle with its museums a popular destination for day-trippers from Tirana. Around the sights souvenirs are available in large numbers. Many restaurants and cafés are available to visitors, of which but a few stays on site.
To attract tourists can not yet the old Illyrian settlement Zgërdhesh which is below Kruja on a hill.
Set in a pine forest on the road to Kruja many restaurants have emerged that allow trippers away the hours in the countryside.
Traffic
In the southwest of the circle is the Mother Teresa Airport, Albania 's only international airport. While at the airport itself primarily commuters from Tirana are busy, some hotels, cafes and other services have emerged around the airport, which include local residents or employ such. The planned expansion of the terminal could bring the local population work.
New highways connect Fushë - Kruja with the situated halfway to Shkodra city of Lezha and the highway from Tirana to Durres on Vora. These roads are part of the new axis of central Albania to Kosovo and are currently (2009 ) for the four-lane highway expanded.
Although the railway line to Shkodra through the circle, but not opening up the important places. Only a Nebengeleis leads to the industrial plants of Fushë - Kruja. Buses on scheduled services connect Fushë - Kruja Tirana with the center.