Has District () was one of the 36
districts of Albania
Districts ( or ) were first and second-level administrative subdivisions of Albania, administrative divisions of Albania from 19132000. Their number, size, and status changed over time. From 1991 to 2000, the 36 districts were organized into 12 ...
, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12
counties
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
. It had a population of 19,842 in 2001, and an area of . It is in the north-east of the country, and its capital was
Krumë
Krumë is a town in northern Albania. It is located in a mountainous region, within Kukës County in the municipality of Has. It is the principal town in the ethnographic region of Has, which is inhabited by a population that has maintained disti ...
. The area of the former district is with the present
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
of
Has, which is part of
Kukës County
Kukës County (; ) is a landlocked county in northeastern Albania, with the capital in Kukës. The county spans and had a total population of 61,998 people as of 2021. The county borders on the counties of Dibër County, Dibër, Lezhë County, Le ...
.
Has District, besides the town of Krumë, comprised a number of villages, Has is located in the border of Albania and Kosovo. The ethnographic region of Has is much wider than Has District, as the region extends beyond the Albania-Kosovo border to the gates of the Kosovo cities of
Prizren
Prizren ( sq-definite, Prizreni, ; sr-cyr, Призрен) is the second List of cities and towns in Kosovo, most populous city and Municipalities of Kosovo, municipality of Kosovo and seat of the eponymous municipality and District of Prizren, ...
and
Gjakova
Gjakova or Đakovica, ) and Đakovica ( sr-Cyrl, Ђаковица, ) is the sixth largest city of Kosovo and seat of the Gjakova Municipality and the District of Gjakova, Gjakova District. According to the 2024 census, the municipality of Gjakov ...
.
Administrative divisions
The district consisted of the following
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
:
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Fajzë
Fajzë is a village and a former Municipalities of Albania, municipality in the Kukës County, northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Has, Albania, Has. The population at the 2023 cens ...
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Gjinaj
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Golaj
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Krumë
Krumë is a town in northern Albania. It is located in a mountainous region, within Kukës County in the municipality of Has. It is the principal town in the ethnographic region of Has, which is inhabited by a population that has maintained disti ...
See also
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Has of Prizren
Has ( sq-definite, Hasi) is a region in north eastern Albania and south western Kosovo.
Hasi is an ethno-geographic area with well-defined borders, bounded by the Drin river to its west and southwest and by the White Drin river on its south, ea ...
, region in Kosovo
Notes and references
References:
{{Districts of Albania
Districts of Albania
Geography of Kukës County