Tropojë

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Municipality in Albania

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Field	Value
type	m
name	Tropojë
flag	Flag of Tropojë.gif
emblem	[[File:Stema e Bashkisë Tropojë.svg
skyline	{{Photomontage
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photo3a	Doberdol,_Tropojë_Mulajt_79.jpg
photo3b	Doberdol,_Tropojë_Mulajt_33.jpg
photo4a	Rruge_me_debore.jpg
photo4b	Lumi_i_valbonës.jpg
photo5a	Valbona_Haze_Panorama.jpg
size	270
spacing	2
color	#FFFFFFu
border	0
foot_montage	Clockwise from top: Monument of Bajram Curri with the ethnographic museum in the background, popular tourist destination of Doberdol, Snowing in Tropojë, the Valbonë River and the panoramic view of Valbonë National Park}}
county	Kukës
mayor	Rexhë Byberi
party	PS
coordinates
area munic	1043
population as of	2023
population munic	14189
population unit	2560
demonym
postal code	8702-8703
area code	(0)213
website
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Tropojë (; Tropoja) is a municipality in Kukës County, northeastern Albania, within the historical ethnographic region of the Gjakova Highlands. The municipality consists of the administrative units of Bajram Curri, Bujan, Bytyç, Fierzë, Lekbibaj, Llugaj, Margegaj and Tropojë, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Bajram Curri. As of the Institute of Statistics 2023 census, there were 2,560 people residing in the municipal unit Tropojë and 14,189 in the municipality.

Etymology

Tropojë's old name was Trebopolje and is recorded in Serbian medieval charters and Ottoman registers. The word itself comes from the old Slavic trebiti, ‘to clean’, and polje, ‘field’, i.e. ‘clean field’.

History

The region was inhabited by Illyrian tribes. Archaeological evidence found in the area, such as castles or tumuli, shows that the area has been populated since the ancient time. The region lies in the geographical span of the Dardani tribes.

Geography

Tropojë Municipality is located on the bank of Valbonë River between the Albanian Alps in northeastern Albania bordering Montenegro to the northwest and Kosovo to the northeast and east. Valbonë Valley National Park sprawls in the northwest of Tropojë and protects the Valbonë Valley and the Gashi River, which has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list as portion of the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe. The area of the municipality is 1057.3 km2.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification, Tropojë falls under the periphery of the oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb) zone with an average annual temperature of 10.2 C.

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Notable people

References

"Law nr. 115/2014".
"Population and Housing Census, Kukës 2023". [[Institute of Statistics (Albania).
(2004). "Prva hrisovulja Manastira Dečani = The first charter of the Dečani Monastery". Centar za očuvanje nasleđa Kosova i Metohije.
(1974). "Defteri i regjistrimit të Sanxhakut të Shkodrës i vitit 1485". Akademia e Shkencave e R.P. të Shqipërisë, Instituti i Historisë.
"Hydronymica Albanica — A Survey of River Names in Albania".
(1991). "Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology". University of London. Institute of Archaeology.
"Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe". [[United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation]] (UNESCO).
"Pasaporta e Bashkisë Tropojë". Porta Vendore.
"Bashkia Tropojë". Albanian Association of Municipalities (AAM).
"Climate: Tropojë". Climate-Data.

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