Bajram Curri | |
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) Bajram Curri | |
)  Bajram Curri ) Bajram Curri | |
| Coordinates: 42°21′29″N 20°4′33″E / 42.35806°N 20.07583°E | |
| Country | Albania |
| County | Kukës |
| Municipality | Tropojë |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 5,340 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 8701–8702 |
| Area code(s) | +355 (0) 213 |
| Vehicle registration | BC |
Bajram Curri (Albanian: [bajˈɾam t͡suri]) is a town and administrative unit in the municipality of Tropojë, northeastern Albania. The town is located in a remote and mountainous region of the Albanian Alps, within the Valbonë Valley, and close to the border to Kosovo[a]. It is named after Bajram Curri, a national hero who fought for ethnic Albanians, first against the Ottoman Empire and later against the Albanian government.
History
Bajram Curri was founded in the year 1957 to serve as the centre of the district of Tropoja. The village was previously known as Kolgecaj. The newly formed city was built based on socialist principles.
Geography
Bajram Curri is located down the valley of the river Valbonë. It is the main access point by road to the villages of Valbona and Rrogam. Water from the mountains flow into the waters of the Valbonë, then latter being famous for having the clearest river water in Albania. It is an administrative unit in the municipality of Tropojë.[2]
Climate
Bajram Curri has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa).
Seeing silent lightning is very common in the summer nights of Bajram Curri.
| Climate data for Bajram Curri | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 4.9 (40.8) | 7.5 (45.5) | 12.2 (54.0) | 16.9 (62.4) | 21.9 (71.4) | 25.8 (78.4) | 28.5 (83.3) | 28.5 (83.3) | 24.3 (75.7) | 17.8 (64.0) | 11.2 (52.2) | 6.7 (44.1) | 17.2 (62.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) | 3.7 (38.7) | 7.6 (45.7) | 11.9 (53.4) | 16.5 (61.7) | 20.3 (68.5) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.4 (72.3) | 18.5 (65.3) | 13.0 (55.4) | 7.6 (45.7) | 3.5 (38.3) | 12.4 (54.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −1.6 (29.1) | −0.1 (31.8) | 3.1 (37.6) | 6.9 (44.4) | 11.1 (52.0) | 14.8 (58.6) | 16.7 (62.1) | 16.4 (61.5) | 12.8 (55.0) | 8.3 (46.9) | 4.1 (39.4) | 0.3 (32.5) | 7.7 (45.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 126 (5.0) | 114 (4.5) | 106 (4.2) | 105 (4.1) | 93 (3.7) | 65 (2.6) | 52 (2.0) | 58 (2.3) | 92 (3.6) | 119 (4.7) | 154 (6.1) | 151 (5.9) | 1,235 (48.7) |
| Source: [3] | |||||||||||||
Economy
The municipality of Tropojë has many agricultural products and is famous for its chestnuts, apples, nuts, grapes, and especially blueberries. Large reserves of platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, palladium, iridium, and osmium have been discovered in Tropojë. Albanian, Italian, and Chinese engineers, working for Albanian Minerals and Bytyci Sh.p.k in Tropojë, suggest the area may have more than 500 million tons of chrome ore and more than two billion tons of olivine in which platinum is 5-7 grams present per ton. This gigantic body of ore is one of the largest in the world.
Demography
As of the 2011 census, the administrative unit of Bajram Curri had an estimated population of 5,340 of whom 2,717 were men and 2,623 women.[1]
Notable people
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- Sheh Ali Nimani – invented first school in Tropoja in village called Tpla
- Sali Berisha – President of Albania from 1992 to 1997 and its Prime Minister from 2005 to 2013
- Zhaneta Byberi – Miss Universe Albania 2014
- Azem Hajdari – anti-Communist activist
- Besnik Mustafaj – 62nd Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania
- Gerhard Progni – footballer
- Fatime Sokoli – folk singer
- Fatmira Brecani – folk singer
- Ibrahim kadri malaj – intellectual
- Tahir sinani – commander of Ushtria Clirimtare Kosoves (UÇK)
- Bajram Mal Gjongecaj – intellectual, sports trainer, basketball coach
Notes
- ^ 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. 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 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 98 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 113 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.
References
- ^ a b Nurja, Ines. "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Kukës (2011)" (PDF). Tirana: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). Fletorja Zyrtare e Republikës së Shqipërisë. p. 97. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Climate: Bajram Curri". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved April 29, 2019.