Llugaj
Llugaj is a village and a former municipality in the Kukës County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tropojë. The population at the 2023 census was 1,190.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,790 residents
- Description: Municipal unit in Kukës County, Albania
- Also known as: “Bashkia e Llugajt” and “Lugat”
- Address: TROPOJË
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tahir Sinani Square and Sheshi Azem Hajdari.
Tahir Sinani Square
Square
Photo: Gertjan R., CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tahir Sinani Square is situated 4 km northwest of Llugaj.
Sheshi Azem Hajdari
Park
Photo: Gertjan R., CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sheshi Azem Hajdari is a park, which is situated 4 km northwest of Llugaj.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bajram Curri and Viçidol.
Bajram Curri
Photo: Bdx, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bajram Curri is the largest town in the Tropoja District of northern Albania, near the border with Kosovo. It is an important gateway to the spectacular Valbona valley and the breathtaking ferry ride across Lake Koman.
Viçidol
Village
Viçidol is a village in the Kukës County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tropojë. It is located 2.4 kilometres away from the town of Tropojë and 4.6 kilometres from the border with Kosovo. Viçidol is situated 7 km northeast of Llugaj.
Tropoja
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tropojë is a municipality in Kukës County, northeastern Albania, within the historical ethnographic region of the Gjakova Highlands.
Llugaj
- Categories: bashkia, Communes of Albania, and locality
- Location: Komuna e Llugajt, Bashkia Tropojë, Kukës County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.33886° or 42° 20′ 20″ northLongitude
20.11333° or 20° 6′ 48″ eastPopulation
1,790Elevation
245 metres (804 feet)Open location code
8GJ284Q7+G8OpenStreetMap ID
node 728425145OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
782464Wikidata ID
Q2712230
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Llugaj” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Komuna Llugaj”
- Albanian: “Njësia administrative Llugaj”
- Cebuano: “Komuna e Llugajt”
- Dutch: “Llugaj”
- French: “Llugaj”
- Hungarian: “Llugaj”
- Italian: “Llugaj”
- Malay: “Llugaj”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Llugaj”
- Polish: “Gmina Llugaj”
- Portuguese: “Llugaj”
- Serbian: “Лугај”
- Swedish: “Komuna e Llugajt”
- Swedish: “Llugajt”
- Turkish: “Llugaj”
- Vietnamese: “Llugaj”
- Waray (Philippines): “Llugaj”
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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 “Llugaj”. Photo: Dirk.heldmaier, CC BY-SA 3.0.