Kurbin District
The circle Kurbin (Albanian: Rrethi i Kurbinit ) is one of the 36 administrative districts of Albania. Capital is Laç. The circle with an area of 263 km ² the third smallest county in Albania. He belongs to the Qark Lezha. In Kurbin circle live 46 291 inhabitants ( 2011 census ). However, the local authorities shall indicate a number of 73 287 inhabitants (2007 ). The majority of residents committed to Catholicism.
Geography
Kurbin takes in northern Albania, type a waterfront ten, in the interior to 15 kilometer stretch of coastline on the Adriatic shore. The coastal plain is about ten kilometers deep. This is followed by ten more miles of hills and mountains, the northern tip of the Skanderbeggebirges. On the eastern border of the circuit Mat heights of over 1000 m can be achieved. The Maja e Hutit is the highest point in the circle with 1316 m. In the north of the county is bordered by the river Mat. In the south, the short coastal strip of the circle ends at the mouth of the Ishëm.
The coastal plain was not complete until entsumpft by the Communists. Until then the area was virtually uninhabited; the few buildings were built on stilts. North of Mamurras there were extensive forests, which were notorious for bandits, who were hiding and travelers raided. From these forests is hardly anything left.
The coast is still characterized by large lagoons and wetlands.
On the southern outskirts of Laç there are sulfur springs.
Economy
Following the closure of industries in Laç and Mamurras a majority of the population is engaged in agriculture. Unemployment is considered the largest in the country. Despite everything, the area was also in recent years nor the destination of immigrants from the mountain regions of northern Albania.
With the construction of the new highway from Tirana to Lezha in the coastal plain villages and towns Kurbins are exempt from through traffic. On the other hand, roars "life" now Kurbin over, because the places are poorly connected to the expressway. The railway line of the e Hekurudha Shqipërisë is also of no significant importance.
Also, tourism has hardly developed in Kurbin. The beach of Patok has a below average infrastructure. There are also concerns about the quality of the water in this part of the coast, as the river Mat is likely to cause much more industrial effluents with it. Also around the disused factories of Laç pollution is significant.
History
First mentions of ethnographic and geographic region Kurbin date from the 14th century. At that time the area was named Korbin or Korvin. What he meant was particularly the hilly and mountainous country between Kruja and the Mat The swampy coastal plain was made habitable only in the 20th century. The historic center of the village is Kurbin Delbnisht, a few kilometers east of Laç. The women of Kurbin wear the costume of Mirdita, while the men wear the national dress Krujas.
Until the early 1990s Kurbin belonged to the circle of Kruja. It was founded as a circle Laç 1992. In 1999, the county 's current name. The official abbreviation is since KB. But on license plates of the abbreviation LA is still used.