Valbonë
Valbonë is a village in the Kukës County, northern Albania. It is part of the former municipality Margegaj and situated in the valley of the river Valbonë, south of the mountain, Maja e Thatë.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Albania
- Also known as: “Selimaj” and “Valbona”
- Address: TROPOJË
Places of Interest
Highlights include Valbona Valley National Park and Zla Kolata.
Valbona Valley National Park
Photo: Liridon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Valbona National Park, also called the Albanian miracle of Alps, is a part of the Bjeshkët e Nemuna. It lies between high and craggy peaks bordering Thethi National Park, Gashi River, Plava and Gucia, all strictly protected natural areas.
Zla Kolata
Peak
Photo: Pavouk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zla Kolata or Kollata e Keqe is one of the highest peaks of the Accursed Mountains, on the border of Albania and Montenegro. Zla Kolata is situated 3½ km north of Valbonë.
Maja e Thatë
Peak
Photo: Empathictrust, CC BY 3.0.
Maja e Thatë is a 2,406-metre-high mountain peak of the Albanian Alps in Albania. It is located within Valbonë Valley National Park, roughly 2 km northwest of Valbonë and rises more than 1,500 m above the village. Maja e Thatë is situated 2½ km northwest of Valbonë.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rragam.
Rragam
Village
Photo: Lenart Avdiu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rragam is a village, which is situated 6 km southwest of Valbonë.
Valbonë
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Komuna e Margegajt, Bashkia Tropojë, Kukës County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.45314° or 42° 27′ 11″ northLongitude
19.89318° or 19° 53′ 35″ eastElevation
932 metres (3,058 feet)Open location code
8FJXFV3V+77OpenStreetMap ID
node 728422498OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Valbonë” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Valbona”
- Albanian: “Valbonë”
- Chinese: “瓦尔博纳”
- Czech: “Valbona”
- Dutch: “Valbone”
- Dutch: “Valbonë”
- German: “Valbona”
- Greek: “Βαλμπόνα”
- Irish: “Valbonë”
- Italian: “Valbona”
- Macedonian: “Валбона”
- Serbian: “Валбона”
- Spanish: “Valbona”
- Spanish: “Valbonë”
- Swedish: “Valbona, Albanien”
- Swedish: “Valbona”
- Swedish: “Valbonë”
- Turkish: “Valbona”
- Ukrainian: “Валбона (село)”
- Ukrainian: “Валбона”
- Ukrainian: “Вальбона”
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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 “Valbonë”. Photo: Dirk.heldmaier, CC BY-SA 3.0.