Kukës County
Bashkia Kukës
Komuna e Shtiqënit

Shtiqën

Shtiqën is a village and a former municipality in , . At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality .
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  • Type: Village with 3,440 residents
  • Description: municipal unit in Kukës County, Albania
  • Also known as: “Shticen”, “Shtigër”, “Shtigjen”, “Shtiqëni”, and “Štidđen”
  • Address: KUKËS

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kukës International Airport Zayed and Black Drin.

Aerodrome
Photo: Albinfo, CC BY 4.0.
, is an located in , . The airport is located 3.5 km south of the city of Kukës. The main purpose of Kukës International Airport is to serve as an alternative airport to .

River
Photo: Niboj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The or Black Drim, is a river in and . It flows out of in , North Macedonia. It is 149 km long and its drainage basin is 3,504 km2. is situated 3 km west of Shtiqën.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kodër-Lumë and Nangë.

Village
is a village in the former Shtiqën municipality, , . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality . is situated 3½ km northeast of Shtiqën.

Village
Photo: Irdabajraktari, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 3½ km south of Shtiqën.

Photo: Shkelzen Rexha Gjakovë, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town of 36,000 people in , and the last one before the Kosovo border. The surrounding area is dominated by mountainous and high terrain. is a good centre for fishing and walking in the surrounding mountains.

Shtiqën

Latitude
42.04091° or 42° 2′ 27″ north
Longitude
20.43068° or 20° 25′ 51″ east
Population
3,440
Elevation
364 metres (1,194 feet)
Open location code
8GJ22CRJ+97
Open­Street­Map ID
node 728426119
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
781621
Wiki­data ID
Q743281
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Shtiqën” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Komuna Shtiqën”
  • Albanian: “Njësia administrative Shtiqën”
  • Catalan: “Shtiqën”
  • Cebuano: “Komuna e Shtiqënit”
  • Dutch: “Shtiqën Municipality”
  • Dutch: “Shtiqën”
  • French: “Shtiqën”
  • Hungarian: “Shtiqën”
  • Hungarian: “Shtiqëni alközség”
  • Italian: “Shtiqen”
  • Italian: “Shtiqën”
  • Malay: “Shtiqën”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shtiqën”
  • Polish: “Gmina Shtiqën”
  • Portuguese: “Shtiqën”
  • Swedish: “Komuna e Shtiqënit”
  • Turkish: “Shtiqën”
  • Vietnamese: “Shtiqen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Shtiqën”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shtiqën”. Photo: Dirk.heldmaier, CC BY-SA 3.0.