Mat District ( Albanian : Rrethi i Matit ) was one of the 36 districts of Albania , which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 newly created counties . It had a population of 61,906 in 2001, and an area of 1,028 km (397 sq mi). It was named after the river Mat , which flows through the district. Its capital was the town of Burrel . Its territory is now part of Dibër County : the municipalities of Mat and Klos .
5-468: The district consisted of the following municipalities : Mat is believed to be one of the oldest Albanian settlements, most likely as old as the 2nd-5th century AD. At the beginning of the 15th century the Lord of Matja was Gjon Kastrioti , father of Skanderbeg . When Skanderbeg began his rebellion against Ottomans he also became the lord of Mat and some other territories as well. A synod of Catholic archdiocese
10-484: A specific location in Dibër County , Albania, is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Municipalities of Albania Municipalities ( Albanian : bashki or bashkitë ) are the second-level administrative divisions of Albania , below the counties and above the communes . Since the most recent administrative reforms in 2014, Albania has 61 municipalities. Municipalities are considered
15-413: The 1998 constitutional reforms , the 36 regions of the time were abolished entirely and replaced by the larger counties and two kinds of municipalities: urban municipalities ( bashki ) and rural ones ( komuna ). In 2014, this was revised to reduce the number of urban municipalities to 61 and extended their jurisdiction over the surrounding countryside to create regional administrations, while using
20-459: The basic administrative division of Albania. Since its Declaration of Independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, Albania has reorganized internal administration 21 times. From independence until the year 2000, regional government was organized into regions ( rrethë ) of varing numbers, size, and importance. They were consolidated into groups comprising 12 counties in 1991. Following
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