Has District
Has District
Rrethi i Hasit | |
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 Map showing the district within Albania | |
| Country |  Albania |
| Capital | Krumë |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 15,000 |
Has District (Albanian: Rrethi i Hasit) was one of the thirty-six districts of Albania (which were dissolved in 2000) that is now part of Kukës County, and one of the smallest districts of Albania. It had a population of 17,419[2] (2010 estimate), and an area of 393 km². It is in the north-east of the country, and its capital and only municipality was Krumë.[3]
Has District, besides the town of Krumë, comprised a number of villages which are well known for their help in 1999 during the Kosovo War[citation needed] against the Serbian Army, for the unprecedented hospitality given to the thousands of refugees from Kosovo (there were about 78,000 refugees staying in the homes of Has inhabitants,[citation needed] or more than threefold the population of the Has District at that time). Hasi is located in the border of Albania and Kosovo.[a] The ethnographic region of Has is much wider than the District of Has, because about half of this region is located in the territory of Kosovo,[citation needed] from the Albania-Kosovo border to the gates of the cities of Prizren and Gjakova. Hasi was the trade center of north Albania.[citation needed]
Year-by-year the population of Has has been falling dramatically. European studies show[citation needed] that the decline in the Has population is falling due to the lack of economy, so a huge number of people from this area are migrating to countries like the United Kingdom and the United States but mostly to Tirana, the capital of Albania.
Administrative divisions
The district consisted of the following municipalities:
Has Municipality
See also
- Has of Prizren, region in Kosovo
Notes and references
Notes:
References:
- ^ "POPULLSIA SIPAS PREFEKTURAVE, 2001–2010". Albanian Institute of Statistics. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ "POPULLSIA SIPAS RRETHEVE, 2001-2010". Albanian Institute of Statistics. Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ "Administrative Divisions of Albania" (PDF). INSTAT. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
Districts in Albania were geographic divisions made up of cities, towns and villages. They were abolished in 2000. | |
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