Vorë

41.39388888888919.65444444444460Koordinaten: 41 ° 24 ' N, 19 ° 39' O

Vora ( Albanian: Vorë ) is a city in central Albania with 10,901 inhabitants ( 2011). The village lies on the highway (SH2 ) from Tirana to Durres in the west of the circle Tirana. Vora belongs to the catchment area of ​​the capital - industrial and service companies pull almost continuously along the highway from Tirana to by Vora. Many rural residents who move to urban areas, settling in places like Vora or Kamza. However, the immigrants prefer places that are closer to Tirana, so that Vora today is only the seventh largest municipality of the circle.

Vora is not only place and community, but also a transport hub. It is located in the elongated ridge Kodra e Gjatë that separates the level of Tirana from the plains to the west along the ores and around Durrës. Vora is situated in a passage of less than 60 m in height, which winds through the hills. Here happen railway, highway, road, power line and formerly an irrigation channel speakers call. The coming of Durres road and the tracks of the Albanian railway Hekurudha Shqiptare divided into a northern strand that crosses Fushë - Kruja to northern Albania, as well as a location in the east Tirana leading strand in Vora. Trains from Tirana to Shkodra need to change the locomotive in the station of Vora in order to continue the journey in the other direction can.

Catastrophic explosion of Gerdec

The municipal area of Vora is among the small village of Gerdec. In the Albanian army ammunition depot in this location it came on 15 March 2008 an incident that sparked a series of several serious explosions. As a result of hours during continuous explosions 26 people lost their lives, hundreds were injured, several hundred buildings in Gerdec and two other villages were completely destroyed and 1,500 buildings were damaged.