Durrës County

Durrës County, officially the County of Durrës, is a county in the Northern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the smallest by area and the second most populous of the twelve counties, with 292,029 people within an area of 766 km2.
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  • Type: county of Albania with 292,000 residents
  • Description: county of Albania
  • Also known as: AL012”, “County of Durres”, “County of Durrës”, “Durres County”, “Qarku Durres”, “Qarku Durrës”, “Qarku i Durresit”, and “Qarku i Durrësit

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gjuricaj Basilica.

Archaeological site
The is a Cultural Monument of , located in the village Gjuricaj, municipality. The basilica dates to the 5th to 6th century and was discovered in 1980. There are still no signs along nearby roads indicating its presence. is situated 3½ km north of Durrës County.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manëz.

Village
Photo: Albinfo, CC0.
or Manzë is a town and a former municipality in the Durrës County, western . At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality . is situated 6 km south of Durrës County.

Durrës County

Latitude
41.4833° or 41° 29′ north
Longitude
19.6167° or 19° 37′ east
Population
292,000
Elevation
71 metres (233 feet)
Open location code
8FHXFJM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
3344947
Wiki­data ID
Q192853
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Durrës County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Qarku i Durresit
  • Albanian: Qarku i Durrësit
  • Arabic: مقاطعة دوريس
  • Aragonese: condato de Durres
  • Aragonese: condato de Durrës
  • Aragonese: condau de Durres
  • Aragonese: condau de Durrës
  • Aragonese: prefectura de Durrazo
  • Aragonese: Prefectura de Durrazo
  • Aragonese: prefectura de Durres
  • Aragonese: prefectura de Durrës
  • Aragonese: prefeutura de Durres
  • Aragonese: prefeutura de Durrës
  • Armenian: Դուրրասի գավառ
  • Armenian: Դուրրես
  • Asturian: Condáu de Durrës
  • Basque: Durres konderria
  • Basque: Durrës konderria
  • Belarusian: Дурэс
  • Belarusian: Дурэская вобласьць
  • Bengali: দুরস কাউন্টি
  • Bosnian: Okrug Drač
  • Breton: Durres
  • Breton: Durrës
  • Bulgarian: Драч
  • Bulgarian: Дуръс
  • Catalan: comtat de Durres
  • Catalan: comtat de Durrës
  • Catalan: Comtat de Durrës
  • Catalan: Durres
  • Catalan: Durrës
  • Cebuano: Qarku i Durrësit
  • Chinese: 杜勒斯州
  • Chinese: 都拉斯州
  • Croatian: Dracki okrug
  • Croatian: Drački okrug
  • Croatian: okrug Durres
  • Croatian: okrug Durrës
  • Czech: Drač
  • Czech: kraj Durrës
  • Danish: Durrës
  • Dutch: Durres
  • Dutch: Durrës
  • Esperanto: provinco Durres
  • Esperanto: provinco Durrës
  • Esperanto: Provinco Durrës
  • Estonian: Durresi maakond
  • Estonian: Durrësi maakond
  • Finnish: Durresin maakunta
  • Finnish: Durrësin maakunta
  • French: comte de Durres
  • French: comté de Durrës
  • French: Durres
  • French: Durrës
  • French: prefecture de Durres
  • French: Préfecture de Durrës
  • Galician: condado de Durres
  • Galician: condado de Durrës
  • Galician: Condado de Durrës
  • Georgian: დურესის ოლქი
  • German: AL-02
  • German: Qark Durres
  • German: Qark Durrës
  • German: Qarku i Durresit
  • German: Qarku i Durrësit
  • Greek: Νομός Δυρραχίου
  • Greek: Νομός Δυρράχιου
  • Gujarati: દુરેસ કાઉન્ટી
  • Hindi: डुर्रेस काउंटी
  • Hindi: डुर्रेस प्रांत
  • Hungarian: Durrës megye
  • Ido: Komtio Durrës
  • Indonesian: County Durrës
  • Indonesian: Durrës County
  • Irish: Contae Durres
  • Irish: Contae Durrës
  • Italian: prefettura di Durazzo
  • Italian: Prefettura di Durazzo
  • Japanese: ドゥラス州
  • Javanese: County Durrës
  • Kannada: ಡರ್ರೆಸ್ ಕೌಂಟಿ
  • Kongo: Durres
  • Kongo: Durrës
  • Korean: 두러스주
  • Latin: Praefectura Dyrracena
  • Latvian: Duresi apgabals
  • Latvian: Duresi ķarka
  • Lithuanian: Duresio apskritis
  • Lombard: Prefettura de Durazz
  • Macedonian: Драч
  • Malay: Durres County
  • Marathi: दुरसे काउंटी
  • Mazanderani: دورس شهرستان
  • Minangkabau: County Durrës
  • Mongolian: Дуррес хошуу
  • Northern Frisian: Durrës
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Durres
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Durrës
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Regionen Durrës
  • Norwegian: Durrës
  • Occitan (post 1500): prefectura de Durres
  • Occitan (post 1500): prefectura de Durrës
  • Panjabi: ਡੂਰੇਸ ਕਾਉਂਟੀ
  • Persian: شهرستان دورس
  • Polish: obwod Durres
  • Polish: obwód Durrës
  • Polish: Obwód Durrës
  • Portuguese: Durres
  • Portuguese: Durrës
  • Romanian: Regiunea Durres
  • Romanian: Regiunea Durrës
  • Russian: Дуррес
  • Russian: область Дуррес
  • Scots: Durres Coonty
  • Scots: Durrës Coonty
  • Serbian: Округ Драч
  • Sinhala: ඩරස් ප්‍රාන්තය
  • Sinhala: ඩුරස් ප්‍රාන්තය, ඇල්බේනියාව
  • Slovak: Drac
  • Slovak: Drač
  • Slovak: Durres
  • Slovak: Durrës
  • Slovenian: Okrožje Durrës
  • Slovenian: Qark Durrës
  • Spanish: condado de Durres
  • Spanish: condado de Durrës
  • Spanish: Condado de Durrës
  • Swedish: Durres lan
  • Swedish: Durres län
  • Swedish: Durrës län
  • Swedish: Durres prefektur
  • Swedish: Durrës prefektur
  • Tagalog: Kondado ng Durres
  • Tagalog: Kondado ng Durrës
  • Tamil: டூர்ஸ் கவுண்டி
  • Telugu: డురెస్ కౌంటీ
  • Thai: โลวเรนซ์ นา โพฮอร์จู
  • Tumbuka: Durrës County
  • Turkish: Dirac ili
  • Turkish: Dıraç ili
  • Turkish: Dıraç
  • Ukrainian: Дуррес
  • Urdu: صوبہ دراج
  • Vietnamese: Durres
  • Vietnamese: Durrës
  • Waray (Philippines): Durres
  • Waray (Philippines): Durrës
  • Welsh: Swydd Durrës
  • Western Panjabi: صوبا دورس
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ دراج
  • Wu Chinese: 都拉斯州

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