Shishtavec
Sign in to saveShishtavec is a village in Kukës County in northeastern Albania. It was also the seat of the former municipality of the same name. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Kukës. The administrative unit of Shishtavec contains the villages Borje, Oreshkë, Cërnalevë and Shishtavec which are populated by the Muslim Slavic-speaking Gorani people, whereas the villages of Novosej, Kollovoz and Shtrezë are inhabited by Albanians.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bashkia Kukës
- Region
- Shqipëria Veriore
- Country
- Shqipëria
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- Europe/Tirane
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Key facts
- Settlement AL.type
- v
- Settlement AL.official_name
- Shishtavec
- Settlement AL.other_name
- Шиштавец
- Settlement AL.image_skyline
- Shishtavec_village,_Kukes_District.JPG
- Settlement AL.county
- Kukës
- Settlement AL.municipality
- Kukës
- Settlement AL.municunit
- Shishtavec
- Settlement AL.elevation
- 1300
- Settlement AL.website
- www.fshatishishtavec.com
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- Demographics
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Shishtavec is a village in Kukës County in northeastern Albania. It was also the seat of the former municipality of the same name. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Kukës. The administrative unit of Shishtavec contains the villages Borje, Oreshkë, Cërnalevë and Shishtavec which are populated by the Muslim Slavic-speaking Gorani people, whereas the villages of Novosej, Kollovoz and Shtrezë are inhabited by Albanians.
== Demographics == Shishtavec is home to around 300 households and 1,800 Gorani residents. The area is part of the wider Gora region, most of it lying on the other side of the border in Kosovo.
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