Krumë

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Kruma ( Albanian: Krumë ) is the capital of the circle Has in northern Albania. The population of the whole municipality is 6006 inhabitants ( 2011). Half of the population lives in Kruma. Since 2001 the church has lost about ten percent of the population. The place is located at about 430 m above sea level. A. on the northwest slope of the Bjeshka e Krumes, the steeply rising right at the outskirts and in the Maja e Gjytezës few kilometers south of Kruma a height of 1435 m above sea level. A. reached. Right on the outskirts springs from the mountain, a water- rich source that supplies the city with fresh water and from which springs the Kruma River, which flows a few kilometers to the west in the Fierza Reservoir ( about 295 m above sea level. A. ).

Kruma is connected via a paved road with 30 km further south Kukes and Bajram Curr in the north. A eröffneter after the war in Kosovo border crossing connects the village again with Gjakova in Kosovo, the whole Has Highlands was part of its catchment area up to the Second World War.

In Kruma and its surroundings was until the collapse of the communist regime in Albania lively mining, especially copper mining, operated. After the fall of 1990, the mining operations could not be carried on but because they were inefficient and outdated. Due to the resulting job losses led to a rural exodus - by the year 2000 left about a third to just under half of the population of the county Has.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Gazmend Zajmi (1936-1995), politician