Shkodër District ( Albanian : Rrethi i Shkodrës , short name: Shkodër , variants: Rrethi Shkodër and Shkodra ) 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 185,794 in 2001, and an area of 1,631 km (630 sq mi). It is in the north of the country, and its capital was the city of Shkodër . Its territory is now part of Shkodër County : the municipalities of Shkodër and Vau i Dejës .
4-667: Religion in Shkodër is 70% Muslim, 28% Catholic, 1% Orthodox and 1% undeclared. The area includes significant tourist attractions, such as Rozafa Castle (fortress of Shkodra); one of the biggest and most famous castles in Albania, with the 13–14th century St. Stephen's Church in its court, later converted to a mosque; the Ottoman-era Historical Museum building (1815); and the National Photo Gallery. The district consisted of
8-413: 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
12-459: 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
16-548: The following municipalities : This article about a specific location in Shkodër 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
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