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Pogradec
Municipality
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Pogradec
Coordinates: 40°54′N 20°39′E
Country Albania
County Korçë
Municipality Pogradec
Government
Area
[2]
• Municipality 584.77 km2 (225.78 sq mi)
Population
(2011)[3]
• Municipality 61,530
• Unit 20,848
Vehicle registration PG
Website bashkiapogradec.al
Contents
1Etymology
2History
3Geography
o 3.1Climate
4Economy
5Culture
6Twin towns – sister cities
7References
8External links
Etymology[edit]
The name of the town is Eastern South Slavic in origin. Pogradec comes
[6]
History[edit]
Beach of Pogradec
From the 8th until the 14th century, Pogradec area was captured by various medieval
states such as the Bulgarian, Byzantine and Serbian Empires as well as by noble
Albanian families such as Gropa. In the middle of 15th century the area became part
of Skanderbeg state and after his death in 1468, it was invaded by the Ottomans who
kept it until Albania's Independence in 1912. During their occupation Pogradec was the
center of the kaza of Starova and was developed as a small town of craftsmen and
fishermen. When the Turkish traveler Evliya Celebi visited the area in 1662 he wrote
that "Pogradec was a sweet city with red roofs, four neighborhoods, four mosques, two
elementary schools, six hundred houses and one hundred and fifty shops".
During the second half of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century, Pogradec
area played an important role in the Albanian National Renaissance. In 14 March 1887
the second Albanian language school was started here.
Geography[edit]
Further information: Albanian Ohrid Lake Coast
Pogradec is located at 40°54′N 20°39′E, on the shore of the southwestern corner of
the Lake of Ohrid between two mountain chains located in the north and east. The [9]
mountain chain of Mali i Thatë in the Prespa National Park rises in the east of the city
and divides the region from the Lake of Prespa. Defined in an area of
[9]
Climate[edit]
The climate of the Lake Ohrid is classified as a local-continental type because of a
microclime that is created in that area influenced by Mediterranean climate. The
average annual rainfall in the Lake basin amount to approximately 730 mm. [citation needed]
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct N
3 8 13 17 22 27 30 30 25 19
Average high °C (°F)
(37) (46) (55) (63) (72) (81) (86) (86) (77) (66)
−5 −3 1 5 9 12 14 14 10 7
Average low °C (°F)
(23) (27) (34) (41) (48) (54) (57) (57) (50) (45)
Economy[edit]
Pogradec is located about 139 km from Tirana, the capital city of Albania, 40 km
from Korça, and 5 km from North Macedonia. Pogradec is the last railway
station: Tirana - Durrës - Elbasan - Librazhd - Pogradec and located along SH3 road
that passes through Devoll and continues to Greece. Translake transport started on 15
June 2014 with a tourist ferry between Pogradec and Ohrid, but the service is sporadic
and unreliable.
Culture[edit]
Pogradec is well known for its famous writers and poets such as Lasgush
Poradeci and Mitrush Kuteli, and lately Luan Starova. Their works are a crucial part of
Albanian literature.
The main characters of Luan Starova's cycle of novels, "The Balkan Saga", are the
author's own parents and their family, who fled Pogradec for Macedonia during World
War II. Separated from their old hometown and their relatives by the Albania-Yugoslavia
border during the Enver Hoxha's era, they would often look at Pogradec through a
binocular from the vantage point of Monastery of Saint Naum on the other side of the
lake. [13]
Orthodox Church
Pogradec area is very rich in cultural and natural monuments among which can be
mentioned
Pogradec Castle
19th and 20th century historical center of the city of Pogradec
Castle of Blace village
Castle of Zemçë village
Fortifications in the village of Slabinjë
Prehistoric settlement of Zagradie in the village of Lin
Bridge near the villages Jollë and Llëngë
Bridge near the village of Golik
Bridge near the village of Niçë
Bridge near the village of Çezmë
Bridge in the village of Zgallë
Bridge in the village of Servatinë
Terziu Bridge in the village of Proptisht
Fortification in the village of Shpellë in Mokra
St. Marina's Monastery in the village of Llëngë
Paleo-Christian church and mosaics in the village of Lin
Byzantine church in the village of Lin
Mosaic in the village of Tushemisht
Drilon water sources and swans park near Tushemisht
Guri i Kamjes in Mokra
The karstic cave and small lake inside it above the village of Hudenisht
References[edit]
1. ^ "Drejtuesit e Bashkise–Kryetari Bashkise" (in Albanian). Bashkia Pogradec. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020.
Retrieved 10 October 2020.
2. ^ Jump up to:a b "Bashkia Pogradec". Albanian Association of Municipalities (AAM). Archived from the original on 10 October 2020.
Retrieved 10 October 2020.
3. ^ "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Korçë 2011" (PDF) (in Albanian). Tirana: Instituti i
Statistikës (INSTAT). p. 86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
4. ^ "Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO). Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
5. ^ "Les tombes de la Basse Selca" (in French). United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
6. ^ Slavistische Forschungen, Volume 24, Böhlau, 1978, p. 259, ISBN 3412012785.
7. ^ "Osmanli Tatarân Teşkilât'i (in Turkish)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
9. ^ Jump up to:a b Pillati, Arjola (15 January 2013). "E ardhmja e turizmit në qytetin e Pogradecit" (PDF) (in Albanian). Aleksandër
Moisiu University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
10. ^ "A new Urban–Rural Classification of Albanian Population" (PDF). Instituti i Statistikës (INSTAT). May 2014. p. 15. Archived
from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
11. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). Fletorja Zyrtare e Republikës së Shqipërisë. p. 96–97. Archived from the
original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
12. ^ World Weather Online