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Kukës

Southern Europe

Kukes is a city in northeastern Albania, serving as the capital of Kukes County near the border with Kosovo. The modern city was built in the 1970s to replace an older town of the same name that was flooded by the creation of the Fierza reservoir on the Drin river. It sits along a key overland route linking Albania to Kosovo and has functioned as a transit and market town for the surrounding mountainous region.

Facts
Population
15,643 1
Founding Year
1571 2
Founding Year
1571 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
Sources
1. Wikidata: Kukes
Wikidata Q210197, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
2. Wikipedia (Albanian): Kukësi
Wikipedia (Albanian)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1571
    Përmendet së pari, si fshat i Nahijes së Lumës, në vitin 1571 (me 9 shtëpi të krishtera dhe 3 të myslimanizuara ).
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1571
    Përmendet së pari, si fshat i Nahijes së Lumës, në vitin 1571 (me 9 shtëpi të krishtera dhe 3 të myslimanizuara ).
  • Source text, founding-year: 1571
    Përmendet së pari, si fshat i Nahijes së Lumës, në vitin 1571 (me 9 shtëpi të krishtera dhe 3 të myslimanizuara ).
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 42.25, 20.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 42.25, 20.25
42.25 20.25 Cfb
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4. GeoNames: Kukës - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 782661, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 782661, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
42.07694 20.42194 P PPLA AL 47 10944407 831501 36125 351 Europe/Tirane
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Kukes (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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