Key facts
- Country
- Albania
- County
- Korçë
- Mayor
- Erion Isai ( PS )
- Municipality
- 865 km (334 sq mi)
- Municipality density
- 12.8/km (33.1/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Albanian : Kolonjar (m), Kolonjare (f)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Area code
- (0)812
- Website
- www .kolonja .gov .al
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Albania
- Country
- Albania
- Located in
- Korçë County
- Population
- 14318
- Area
- 805
- Elevation
- 1291
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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- coextensive with
- Kolonjë
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Encyclopedic overview
Kolonjë is a municipality in Korçë County, southeastern Albania. It was created in 2015 by the merger of the former municipalities Barmash, Çlirim, Ersekë, Leskovik, Mollas, Novoselë, Qendër Ersekë and Qendër Leskovik. The seat of the municipality is the town Ersekë. The total population is 11,070 (2011 census), in a total area of 865 km (334 sq mi). It is an ethnographic region.
The area of the municipality is coextensive with the former Kolonjë District, one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 counties.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kolonjë District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.