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Shkodër County

Shkodër

Shkodër was the capital city of Albania for centuries until 1915 when World War I broke out. Now it is the second largest city in with 135,612 people.
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  • Type: City with 96,000 residents
  • Description: city in northwestern Albania
  • Also known as: “Scutari”, “Shkoder”, and “Shkodrë”
  • Address: SHKODËR
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Loro Boriçi Stadium and Shkodër Cathedral.

Stadium
Photo: SergejPassau, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , previously known as Vojo Kushi Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Shkodër, , which is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Vllaznia. The stadium has a capacity of around 16,000 seated.

Church
Photo: Seeteufel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Stephen's Catholic Church, also known as , is a cathedral in the city of Shkodër in northwestern . The Roman Catholic cathedral is dedicated to Saint Stephen.

Mosque
Photo: Qoan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ebu Bekër Mosque, also known as the New Fushë Çela Mosque and sometimes referred to simply as Xhamia e Madhe, is a Sunni in Shkodër City, , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kuç and Renc.

Village
is a settlement in the former municipality, , northern . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Shkodër.

Village
Rrencë is a village in the former municipality , northern . At the 2015 local government reform, it became part of the municipality Shkodër.

Neighborhood
Photo: VesaMorina1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood.

Shkodër

Latitude
42.0681° or 42° 4′ 5″ north
Longitude
19.5121° or 19° 30′ 44″ east
Population
96,000
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AL SHK
Open location code
8FJX3G96+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 274122533
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3184081
Wiki­data ID
Q131638
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Shkodër” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shkodër”
  • Albanian: “Shkodra”
  • Albanian: “Shkodrë”
  • Albanian: “Shkodrën”
  • Albanian: “Shkodrës”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σκόδρα”
  • Arabic: “أشقودرة”
  • Arabic: “إشقودرة”
  • Arabic: “شقودرة”
  • Arabic: “شكودر”
  • Aragonese: “Escodra”
  • Aragonese: “Scutari”
  • Aragonese: “Shkodër”
  • Aragonese: “Shkodra”
  • Armenian: “Շկոդեր”
  • Asturian: “Shkodër”
  • Azerbaijani: “İskodra”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şkoder”
  • Bashkir: “Шкодер”
  • Basque: “Shkodër”
  • Belarusian: “Скадар”
  • Belarusian: “Шкодэр”
  • Bengali: “শাকুদের”
  • Bengali: “সোকোদের”
  • Bosnian: “Shkodër”
  • Bosnian: “Skadar”
  • Breton: “Shkodër”
  • Bulgarian: “Шкодра”
  • Catalan: “Iskodra”
  • Catalan: “Scodra”
  • Catalan: “Shkodër”
  • Catalan: “Shkodra”
  • Catalan: “Skhodra”
  • Cebuano: “Shkodër”
  • Chechen: “Шкодер”
  • Chinese: “斯库台”
  • Chinese: “斯庫台”
  • Chuvash: “Шкодер”
  • Croatian: “Shkodër”
  • Croatian: “Skadar”
  • Czech: “Shkodër”
  • Czech: “Shkodra”
  • Czech: “Skadar”
  • Danish: “Shkoder”
  • Danish: “Shkodër”
  • Danish: “Shkodra”
  • Dutch: “Shkodër”
  • Dutch: “Shkodra”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اشقودره”
  • Erzya: “Шкодер ош”
  • Erzya: “Шкодер”
  • Esperanto: “Shkodër”
  • Estonian: “Shkoder”
  • Estonian: “Shkodër”
  • Finnish: “Shkoder”
  • Finnish: “Shkodër”
  • Finnish: “Shkodra”
  • Finnish: “Skodra”
  • French: “Scodra”
  • French: “Scutari”
  • French: “Shkoder”
  • French: “Shkodër”
  • French: “Shkodra”
  • French: “Skadar”
  • Galician: “Shkodër”
  • Georgian: “შკოდერი”
  • German: “Scodra”
  • German: “Scutari”
  • German: “Shkoder”
  • German: “Shkodër”
  • German: “Shkodra”
  • German: “Skadar”
  • German: “Skutari”
  • Greek: “Σκόδρα”
  • Gujarati: “શ્કોડર”
  • Gujarati: “શ્કોડેર”
  • Hebrew: “שקודר”
  • Hebrew: “שקודרה”
  • Hindi: “श्कोडर”
  • Hindi: “स्कोड्रा”
  • Hungarian: “Shkodër”
  • Hungarian: “Shkodra”
  • Hungarian: “Skadar”
  • Icelandic: “Shkodër”
  • Ido: “Shkodër”
  • Indonesian: “Shkoder”
  • Indonesian: “Shkodër”
  • Indonesian: “Shkodra”
  • Interlingue: “Shkodër”
  • Irish: “Shkodër”
  • Italian: “Scodra”
  • Italian: “Scutari”
  • Italian: “Shkodër”
  • Italian: “Shkodra”
  • Italian: “Shkodrë”
  • Japanese: “シュコダル”
  • Japanese: “シュコドラ”
  • Japanese: “スカダール”
  • Javanese: “Shkodër”
  • Kannada: “ಷೋಡರ್”
  • Kongo: “Shkodër”
  • Korean: “슈코더르”
  • Korean: “슈코드라”
  • Korean: “스카다르”
  • Korean: “스쿠타리”
  • Latin: “Scodra”
  • Latin: “Scutarum”
  • Latin: “Skadar”
  • Latvian: “Shkodër”
  • Latvian: “Shkodra”
  • Latvian: “Škodra”
  • Latvian: “Skutari”
  • Lithuanian: “Shkoder”
  • Lithuanian: “Škoderis”
  • Lithuanian: “Skodra”
  • Luxembourgish: “Shkodra”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Shkodra”
  • Macedonian: “Скадар”
  • Malay: “Shkoder”
  • Malay: “Shkodër”
  • Marathi: “श्कोडेर”
  • Marathi: “श्कोदार”
  • Mingrelian: “შკოდერი”
  • Moksha: “Шкодэр”
  • Mongolian: “Шкодер”
  • Northern Frisian: “Shkodër”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shkoder”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shkodër”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shkodra”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Skadar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shkodër”
  • Norwegian: “Shkodër”
  • Ossetian: “Шкодер”
  • Persian: “اشکودر”
  • Persian: “شکودر”
  • Polish: “Shkodër”
  • Polish: “Shkodra”
  • Polish: “Szkodra”
  • Portuguese: “Escodra”
  • Portuguese: “Shkoder”
  • Portuguese: “Shkodër”
  • Romanian: “Shkoder”
  • Romanian: “Shkodër”
  • Romanian: “Shkodra”
  • Russian: “Скадар”
  • Russian: “Скутари”
  • Russian: “Шкодер”
  • Sardinian: “Shkodër”
  • Scots: “Shkodër”
  • Serbian: “Skadar”
  • Serbian: “Скадар”
  • Serbian: “Шкодар”
  • Serbian: “Шкодра”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shkodër”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shkodra”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Skadar”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Скадар”
  • Silesian: “Shkodra”
  • Sinhala: “ශ්කොඩර්”
  • Sinhala: “ශ්කොදීර්”
  • Sinhala: “ෂ්කෝඩර්, ඇල්බේනියාව”
  • Slovak: “Shkodër”
  • Slovenian: “Skader”
  • Spanish: “Shkoder”
  • Spanish: “Shkodër”
  • Spanish: “Shkodra”
  • Spanish: “Shkodrë”
  • Spanish: “Skadar”
  • Swedish: “Scodra”
  • Swedish: “Shkoder”
  • Swedish: “Shkodër”
  • Swedish: “Shkodra”
  • Swedish: “Skadar”
  • Swedish: “Skodra”
  • Swiss German: “Shkodra”
  • Tamil: “ஷுகோடேர்”
  • Tamil: “ஷ்கோடெர்”
  • Tatar: “Шкодер”
  • Tatar: “Ышкодра”
  • Telugu: “ష్కోడర్”
  • Thai: “ชกอเดอร์”
  • Thai: “ชโกเดอร์”
  • Thai: “ชโคเดอร์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Shkodra”
  • Turkish: “İşkodra”
  • Turkish: “Shkoder”
  • Turkish: “Şkoder”
  • Ukrainian: “Шкодер”
  • Ukrainian: “Шкодра”
  • Urdu: “شکودر”
  • Uzbek: “Shkoder”
  • Venetian: “Scutari”
  • Veps: “Škoder”
  • Vietnamese: “Shkodër”
  • Vietnamese: “Shkodra”
  • Volapük: “Shkodër”
  • Volapük: “Shkodra”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Shkodër”
  • Welsh: “Shkodër”
  • Welsh: “Shkodra”
  • Western Panjabi: “شکودر”
  • Wu Chinese: “斯库台”
  • “Shkodra”

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