Bulqizë
Municipality in Albania
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::summary Municipality in Albania ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Bulqizë |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Bulqiza.jpg |
| image_caption | View of Bulqizë |
| image_flag | Flag of Bulqizë.gif |
| image_seal | [[File:Stema e Bashkisë Bulqizë.svg |
| seal_alt | Seal of Bulqizë |
| pushpin_map | Albania#Europe |
| pushpin_relief | 1 |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Albania |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Northern Albania |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Dibër |
| government_type | Mayor–council |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Festime Mjeshtri |
| leader_party | PS |
| leader_title1 | Council |
| leader_name1 | Bulqizë Municipal Council |
| area_blank1_title | Municipality |
| area_blank1_km2 | 678.51 |
| area_blank2_title | Administrative unit |
| population_as_of | 2023 |
| population_blank1_title | Municipality |
| population_blank1 | 26826 |
| population_density_blank1_km2 | 59.28 |
| population_blank2_title | Administrative unit |
| population_blank2 | 7875 |
| timezone | CET |
| utc_offset | +1 |
| timezone_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset_DST | +2 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| postal_code | 8401-8407 |
| area_code | (0)219 |
| website | |
| :: |
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Bulqizë (; Bulqiza) is a municipality in Dibër County, northeastern Albania. The municipality consists of the administrative units of Fushë-Bulqizë, Gjoricë, Martanesh, Ostren, Shupenzë, Trebisht, Zerqan with Bulqizë constituting its seat. As of the 2023 census, there were 7,875 people residing in Bulqizë and 26,826 in Bulqizë Municipality.
Demographic history
Bulqizë is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a hass-ı mir-liva and derbendci settlement in the vilayet of Dulgoberda. Although the register's complete survey on the village is missing, the following household heads are attested: Dimitri Bogdani, Kolë Sharqini, Gjin Kimeza, Gjin Kolandi, Nikolla Budi, Martin Bardi, Progon Buljani, Maqe Kimëza, Istvan Nenada, Progon Bogdani, Dimitri, Todor Damëza, Banek Alakasa, Nikolla Mesina, Budi, Gjergj Garuja, and Gjergj Iglat (from i gjatë, "the tall").
Geography
Bulqizë lies in the lower north-east of Albania adjacent to the border with North Macedonia. The municipalities of Mat and Tirana lie to the west while at the south is the municipality of Librazhd. There are significant sources of chromite (a chromium ore) mined there since the 1980s, which supports most of the economy of the area. The Bulqizë mine has experienced several gas explosions since 1992 – including one with fatalities – recently likely attributed to seeps of natural hydrogen possibly formed from ophiolites and trapped within a faulted reservoir.
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References
References
- "Pasaporta e Bashkisë Bulqizë". Porta Vendore.
- "Bashkia Bulqizë". Albanian Association of Municipalities (AAM).
- "Main Results of the Population and Housing Census 2023". [[Institute of Statistics (Albania).
- (May 2014). "A new Urban–Rural Classification of Albanian Population". [[Institute of Statistics (Albania).
- "Law nr. 115/2014". [[Fletorja Zyrtare e Republikës së Shqipërisë]].
- Nurja, Ines. "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Dibër (2011)". [[Institute of Statistics (Albania).
- "Albania: All places/communes".
- "Census of Population and Housing". Institute of Statistics Albania.
- (2019). "Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467". Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë.
- (2024-02-09). "A deep reservoir for hydrogen drives intense degassing in the Bulqizë ophiolite". Science.
- Krywko, Jacek. (24 February 2024). "Can we drill for hydrogen? New find suggests additional geological source.". Ars Technica.
- Hand, Eric. (8 Feb 2024). "Gusher of gas deep in mine stokes interest in natural hydrogen". Science.
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