Kukës County
| Kukës County Qarku Kukës |
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| County | |
 Location of Kukës County within Albania. |
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| Country |  Albania |
| Municipalities | 3 |
| Villages | 187 |
| Established | 2000 |
| County Seat | Kukës |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,374 km2 (917 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 census) | |
| • Total | 85,292 |
| • Density | 36/km2 (93/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| ISO 3166 code | AL-07 |
| Website | www.kqk.gov.al |
Kukës County (Albanian: Qarku i Kukësit) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population at the 2011 census was 85,292, in an area of 2374 km².[1] Its capital is the city Kukës.
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Geography
To the east, Kukës borders Kosovo[a], while in the extreme northwest it borders Montenegro.Domestically, it borders the following counties:
Administrative divisions
Until 2000, Kukës County was subdivided into three districts: Has, Kukës, and Tropojë. Since the 2015 local government reform, the county consists of the following 3 municipalities: Has, Kukës and Tropojë.[2] Before 2015, it consisted of the following 27 municipalities:
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The municipalities consist of about 190 towns and villages in total. See Villages of Kukës County for a structured list.
Demographics
According to the last national census from 2011 this county has 85,292 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the county include:[1]
- Albanians = 71,906 (84.31%)
- Greeks = 9 (0.01%)
- Macedonians = 725 (0.85%)
- Aromanians = 7 (0.01%)
- Romani = 45 (0.05%)
- Egyptians = 3 (0.00%)
- others = 83 (0.10%)
- no answer = 12,514 (14.67%)
Notes and references
Notes:
| a. | ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states. |
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Administrative Divisions of Kukës County
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County Seat: Kukës
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| Municipality of Has |
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| Municipality of Kukës | ||
| Municipality of Tropojë | ||
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