About Shkodra

Basic data

• Founded in the IV B.C
• Centre of the Region
• Population of Municipality: 204 954 inhabitants
• Administrative units: 11- Shkodër, Ana e Malit, Bërdicë, Dajç, Guri i Zi, Postribë, Pult, Rrethinat, Shalë, Shosh dhe Velipojë.
• City of Shkodra: 114 085 inhabitants
• Name of inhabitants: Shkodran
• Area Code: +355(0)2224
• Language: Gegh dialect of Albanian
• Foreign spoken languages: English; Italian; French; German;
• Religion: Shkodra is the symbol of religion harmony. It is the center of Roman Catholicism of Albania, a strong community of Muslims (almost all of them Sunni) and Orthodox Christians, who form the third group.

Structure of the economy

Agriculture 35% Wheat, maize, vegetable garden, potatoes, pasture, olives.

• Industry 14 % Textile-clothes, footwear, wood, etc.
• Building 10 % Building materials, mechanical carpentry
• Services 41 % Restaurant, transport-communication, trading, distribution networks

Rivers:

• Drini River- the longest in the country (335 km of which 285 km flows within Albania)
• Buna River(41 km) – the only navigable river in Albania;
• Kiri river, which flows south of the north Albanian Alps and enters a distributary of Drini and Buna.
• Shala River springs from Albanian Alps (37 km)

Lakes 

• Shkodra Lake – the largest lake in Balkan Peninsula (370 to 520 km2

National Parks:

• Thethi National Park (2630 Ha)