Shkodër County

The Qark Shkodra (Albanian Qarku i Shkodrës ) is one of twelve Qarks in Albania. It is located in northern Albania and has an area of ​​3562 km ², on the 246 016 inhabitants. The capital is Shkodër.

Geography

The Qark Shkodra consists of three circles Malësia e Madhe, Puka and Shkodra Shkodra with the historical, economic, social and administrative center. In the north and west borders of the Qark to Montenegro and the Shkodrasee, in the southwest to the Adriatic Sea. Apart from the plains along the sea coast and the sea is the whole area high mountain country to which the Albanian Alps belong to several of the highest mountains of Albania. These regions are only sparsely populated and largely undeveloped. In this part of spring individual rivers, such as the Shala and the Church, both of which flow into the Drin. In the northernmost part of the Qark Vermosh, which is the only river of Albania, part of the river system of the Danube and thus drained the region of Albania towards the Black Sea flows. The fan is located in the southeast of Qark. The Jezerca ( Alb. Maja e Jezercës ) is the highest mountain completely located in Albania and is located east of the Shala Valley.

South of Qarks is the Qark Lezha, east of Qark Kukes.

Population

2009 registered the Statistical Office of Albania ( Alb. Instituti i Statistikës ) for the Qark Shkodra 246 016 inhabitants. The population of the Qark authority in Shkodra for the same year, however, significantly higher in 336 699 inhabitants. The figures of census 2011 amount, however, to only 217 375 inhabitants, which represents a decline of 15% in ten years; 2001 or 257 018 inhabitants were recorded. The return postal related primarily to the mountainous regions.

Politics and Administration

The Qark Council ( Alb. Këshilli Qarkut i ) consists of 64 members, the majority of the Democratic Party ( PD) belongs, which also provides the chairman with Maxhid Cungu.

The Qark provides eleven deputies of a total of 140 for the 2009 and 2013 legislative sessions beginning of the Albanian Parliament

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