Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

has 2,972 villages ( sq, or ) as of 2016. Albania has reformed its internal administrative divisions 21 times since its Declaration of Independence from the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

in 1912. Following the most recent reorganization, enacted in 2014 and carried out in June 2015, Albania's 12

counties A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

were entirely divided into 61

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

for regional government and 373

administrative units Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...

for local government. These administrative units,

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...

, towns now oversee most government at the village level. The Albanian Institute of Statistics stopped providing comprehensive population data for villages after the 1989 census, and as of now the administrative units comprise the lowest official level of division in Albania.

List

* Villages of Berat County * Villages of Dibër County * Villages of Durrës County * Villages of Elbasan County * Villages of Fier County * Villages of Gjirokastër County * Villages of Korçë County * Villages of Kukës County * Villages of Lezhë County * Villages of Shkodër County *

Villages of Tirana County The Tirana County in central Albania is subdivided into 5 municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to ...

* Villages of Vlorë County

References

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