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Key facts
- Country
- Albania
- Seat
- Korçë
- Total
- 1,752 km (676 sq mi)
- Density
- 81.91/km (212.1/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
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Encyclopedic overview
Korçë District (Albanian: Rrethi i Korçës), was one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 counties. It had a population of 143,499 in 2001, and an area of 1,752 km (676 sq mi). Its capital was the city of Korçë. Its territory is now part of Korçë County: the municipalities of Korçë, Maliq and Pustec.
Korçë District was considered one of two main minority regions of the country's south. During World War I the French created the Republic of Korça in the area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Korçë District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.