Librazhd District (Rrethi i Librazhdit)
Librazhd District has an administrative border of 42 km. The district is characterised by a mountainous landscape with scenic valleys, including glacial valleys above 1500 ft in the Polis Mountains. The Shkumbin River is sourced in and traverses through the district. The average altitude is 713 ft above sea level. The highest point is at the Red Peak of Shebenik Mountain.
Librazhd District has a continental climate. The average temperature is 13.4 °C. The maximum temperature 40.7 °C was recorded in 1957, while the minimum recorded temperature was in 1968 at -15.7 °C. Precipitation averages 1363 mm per year.
The Shkumbin River has its source in the Librazhd District at Valamra and the Guri i Topit Mountain. The river is 181 km long and flows through the district for 64 km. The Shkumbin is fed by the waters of the Dushna, Radicina, Bushtrica, Sheja, Hotolisht, Dragostunja streams. The Shkumbin flows through the town of Librazhd. The Rrapun River joins the Shkumbin at Murrash.
The Shebenik-Jabllanice National Park is the Librazhd District's only national park and makes up approximately 33% of the district's area.
Map - Librazhd District (Rrethi i Librazhdit)
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Country - Albania
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Albania has been inhabited by different civilisations over time, such as the Illyrians, Thracians, Ancient Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Venetians, and Ottomans. The Albanians established the autonomous Principality of Arbër in the 12th century. The Kingdom of Albania and Principality of Albania formed between the 13th and 14th centuries. Prior to the Ottoman conquest of Albania in the 15th century, the Albanian resistance to Ottoman expansion into Europe led by Skanderbeg won them acclaim over most of Europe. Albania remained under Ottoman rule for nearly five centuries, during which many Albanians (known as Arnauts) attained high-ranking offices in the empire, especially in the Southern Balkans and Egypt. Between the 18th and 19th centuries, cultural developments, widely attributed to Albanians having gathered both spiritual and intellectual strength, conclusively led to the Albanian Renaissance. After the defeat of the Ottomans in the Balkan Wars, the modern nation state of Albania declared independence in 1912. In the 20th century, the Kingdom of Albania was invaded by Italy, which formed Greater Albania before becoming a protectorate of Nazi Germany. Enver Hoxha formed the People's Socialist Republic of Albania after World War II, modeled under the terms of Hoxhaism. The Revolutions of 1991 concluded the fall of communism in Albania and eventually the establishment of the current Republic of Albania.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| ALL | Albanian lek | L | 2 |
| ISO | Language |
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| SQ | Albanian language |
| EL | Greek language |