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Gjirokastër District
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Key facts
- Country
- Albania
- Seat
- Gjirokastër
- Total
- 1,137 km (439 sq mi)
- Density
- 49.24/km (127.5/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
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Encyclopedic overview
Gjirokastër District (Albanian: Rrethi i Gjirokastrës) was one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 counties. It had a population of 55,991 in 2001, and an area of 1,137 km (439 sq mi). It contained a large Greek ethnic minority. It is in the south of the country, and its capital was the city of Gjirokastër. Its territory is now part of Gjirokastër County: the municipalities of Gjirokastër, Dropull and Libohovë.
Administrative divisions
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gjirokastër District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.