Qukës

Qukës is a former municipality in the Elbasan County, eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Prrenjas.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 8,211.[2] The municipal unit consists of the villages Berzheshte, Dritaj, Fanje, Gurre, Karkavec, Menik, Pishkash, Pishkash Veri, Qukës-Shkumbin, Qukës-Skenderbej and Skroske.[3] In the later Ottoman era about a quarter of the city of Qukes itself was Bektashi.[4] Via Egnatia [5] passes through Qukës, which was a very important trade route in the Balkans during the conquest of the Roman Empire.

Qukës
Municipal unit
Qukës is located in Albania
Qukës
Qukës
Coordinates: 41°5′N 20°26′E
Country Albania
CountyElbasan
MunicipalityPrrenjas
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
8,211
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

References
  1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6368–6369. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. 2011 census results Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Population data on Elbasan County website
  4. Çarçani, Leonard (2007). Besimet Fetare në Prefekturën e Elbasanit. Page 9: "Nahija e Qukësit do të kishte 7915 myslimanë shqiptarë në 26 fshatra Bektashianët përbënin ¼ e popullsisë së qytetit"


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