Sukth is a village and a former municipality in the

Durrës County Durrës County ( sq, Qarku i Durrësit), officially the County of Durrës ( sq, Qarku i Durrësit, italic=unset), is a county in the Northern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the smallest by area and the second most populous of the tw ...

, western

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 The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the ...

. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality

Durrës Durrës ( , ; sq-definite, Durrësi) is the second most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is located on a flat plain along the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast between the mouths of the ...

. The population at the 2011 census was 15,966.2011 census results
The village is divided by the

Erzen The Erzen ( sq-definite, Erzeni) is a river in central Albania. The length of Erzen is , while the catchment area is including the southern Tirana District and eastern Durrës District. Name The ancient Illyrian name of the river was ''Ardax ...

river is into two districts, namely in ''Sukth i Ri'' and ''Sukth i vjeter''. Sukth is located about three kilometres north of the historic market town of Shijak. The Adriatic Sea is only seven kilometres away. Sukth municipality consisted of Sukth, Hamallaj, Kulla, Perlat, Vadardha and Rrushkull villages. The last mayor was Sherif Fortuzi.

Sport

FK Sukthi

Notable people

Below are notable personalities born in Sukth or that spent most of their lives in Sukth: *

Noizy Rigels Rajku (; born 27 September 1986), known professionally as Noizy, is an Albanian rapper. Life and career 1986–2010: Early life and career beginnings Rigels Rajku was born on 27 September 1986 into a multi-religious Albanian family ...

, singer, rapper * Renato Arapi, football player *

Elidion Mara Elidion Bujar Mara (born 27 June 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Albanian club KF Erzeni. Club career Early career Mara started his youth career at age of 14 with Durrësi 04 under-19, a local youth cl ...

, football player

References

Administrative units of Durrës Former municipalities in Durrës County Towns in Albania Populated places disestablished in 2015 {{Durrës-geo-stub