Gjirokastër County

Gjirokastër County is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The total population in 2023 was 60,013, in an area of 2884 km2. Its capital is the city .
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  • Type: county of Albania with 60,000 residents
  • Description: County of Albania
  • Also known as: AL033”, “Gjirokaster County”, “Qarku Gjirokaster”, and “Qarku i Gjirokastres

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lliar and Labovë e Madhe.

Village
is a small village in Gjirokastër County, southern . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of . An Eastern Orthodox church dedicated to Saint Nicholas is located within the village.

Village
Labovë, alternatively Labova e Madhe or Labova e Zhapës, is a village in the former municipality, Gjirokastër County, Southern . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality . is situated 5 km west of Gjirokastër County.

Village
is a village, which is situated 5 km northwest of Gjirokastër County.

Gjirokastër County

Latitude
40.2167° or 40° 13′ north
Longitude
20.2° or 20° 12′ east
Population
60,000
Elevation
762 metres (2,500 feet)
Open location code
8GG2658X+MX
Geo­Names ID
865733
Wiki­data ID
Q193454
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Gjirokastër County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Qarku i Gjirokastrës
  • Arabic: مقاطعة غيروكاستر
  • Aragonese: Condato de Gjirokastër
  • Aragonese: Condau de Gjirokastër
  • Aragonese: Prefectura de Gjirokastër
  • Aragonese: Prefeutura de Gjirokastër
  • Armenian: Գիրոկաստրայի գավառ
  • Basque: Gjirokastër konderria
  • Belarusian: Гіракастра
  • Belarusian: Гіракастраўская вобласьць
  • Bengali: গিজারকাসার কাউন্টি
  • Bosnian: Okrug Gjirokastër
  • Breton: Gjirokastër
  • Bulgarian: Аргирокастро
  • Catalan: comtat de Gjirokastër
  • Catalan: Comtat de Gjirokastër
  • Cebuano: Qarku i Gjirokastrës
  • Chinese: 吉羅卡斯特州
  • Chinese: 吉诺卡斯特州
  • Chinese: 吉諾卡斯特州
  • Croatian: Gjirokastërski okrug
  • Croatian: Gjirokastrski okrug
  • Croatian: Okrug Gjirokastër
  • Czech: Gjirokastër
  • Czech: Kraj Gjirokastër
  • Danish: Gjirokastër
  • Dutch: Gjirokastër
  • Esperanto: Provinco Gjirokastër
  • Estonian: Gjirokasteri maakond
  • Estonian: Gjirokastëri maakond
  • Finnish: Gjirokastërin maakunta
  • French: Comté de Gjirokastër
  • French: Gjirokastë
  • French: Gjirokastër
  • French: Préfecture de Gjirokastër
  • Galician: Condado de Gjirokastër
  • Georgian: გიროკასტრის ოლქი
  • German: AL-05
  • German: Qark Gjirokastra
  • German: Qarku i Gjirokastrës
  • Greek: Νομός Αργυροκάστρου
  • Greek: Περιφέρεια Αργυροκάστρου
  • Greek: Περιφέρεια Αργυρόκαστρου
  • Gujarati: ગ્જીરોકાસ્ટર કાઉન્ટી
  • Hebrew: ג’ירוקסטרה
  • Hindi: घिरोकसतेर प्रांत
  • Hindi: जिरोकास्टेर काउंटी
  • Hungarian: Gjirokastra megye
  • Indonesian: County Gjirokastër
  • Indonesian: Gjirokastër County
  • Irish: Contae Gjirokastër
  • Italian: prefettura di Argirocastro
  • Italian: Prefettura di Argirocastro
  • Japanese: ギロカストラ州
  • Japanese: ジロカスタル州
  • Japanese: ジロカストラ州
  • Javanese: County Gjirokastër
  • Kannada: ಜಿಜಿರೋಸ್ಟೇರ್ ಕೌಂಟಿ
  • Kongo: Gjirokastër
  • Korean: 지로카스터르주
  • Latin: Praefectura Argyrocastrensis
  • Latvian: Ģirokastras apgabals
  • Latvian: Ģirokastras ķarka
  • Lithuanian: Girokasterio apskritis
  • Lombard: Prefettura de Argirocaster
  • Macedonian: Ѓирокастро
  • Malay: Gjirokaster County
  • Maltese: Kontea ta‘ Gjirokastër
  • Marathi: जिजिरोकास्ट्र काउंटी
  • Mazanderani: گیروکاستر شهرستان
  • Minangkabau: County Gjirokastër
  • Mongolian: Гирокастра хошуу
  • Northern Frisian: Gjirokastër
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gjirokastër
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Regionen Gjirokastër
  • Norwegian: Gjirokastër
  • Occitan (post 1500): Prefectura de Gjirokastër
  • Persian: شهرستان گیروکاستر
  • Polish: Obwód Gjirokastra
  • Portuguese: Gjirokastër
  • Romanian: Regiunea Gjirokastër
  • Russian: Гирокастра
  • Russian: область Гирокастра
  • Scots: Gjirokastër Coonty
  • Serbian: Округ Ђирокастра
  • Sinhala: ජියරෝකාස්ටර් ප්‍රාන්තය
  • Sinhala: ජිරොකාස්ටර් ප්‍රාන්තය, ඇල්බේනියාව
  • Slovak: Gjirokastër
  • Slovenian: AL-05
  • Slovenian: Okrožje Gjirokastër
  • Slovenian: Qarku i Gjirokastrës
  • Spanish: Condado de Gjirokaster
  • Spanish: Condado de Gjirokastër
  • Swedish: Gjirokastër prefektur
  • Swedish: Gjirokastra län
  • Swedish: Gjirokastra prefektur
  • Tagalog: Kondado ng Gjirokastër
  • Tamil: கிஜிரோகஸ்ட்டர் கவுண்டி
  • Telugu: గిజిరోకాస్టర్ కౌంటీ
  • Thai: เมืองกีโรคาสเตอร์
  • Turkish: Ergiri ili
  • Turkish: Ergiri
  • Ukrainian: Ґ’їрокастер
  • Ukrainian: Гірокастра
  • Urdu: صوبہ ارجیر
  • Vietnamese: Gjirokastër
  • Waray (Philippines): Gjirokastër
  • Welsh: Swydd Gjirokastër
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ ارجیر
  • Wu Chinese: 吉诺卡斯特州

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