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Memaliaj

Southern Europe

Memaliaj is a town and municipality in Gjirokaster County, southern Albania, formed at the 2015 local government reform through the merger of the former municipalities of Buz, Krahes, Luftinje, Memaliaj, Memaliaj Fshat and Qesarat, which became its municipal units, with the town of Memaliaj as its seat. The municipality's total population is 10,657 across 372.30 square kilometers. It is populated entirely by Albanians, both Muslim Bektashis and Eastern Orthodox Christians, who speak the Tosk dialect of Albanian.

Facts
Population
2647 1
Population Estimate Year
2011 1
Elevation (m)
130 2
Latitude
40.35 degrees north 2
Longitude
19.983333 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Partially Attested
Area (sq km)
372.3 1
The 372.30 square kilometre figure is the area of the whole Memaliaj municipality formed in 2015, not of the town or its former municipality alone.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Memaliaj
  • Introduction, paragraph 1, former municipality population
    The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 2,647.
  • Introduction, paragraph 1, census year of the former municipality figure
    The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 2,647.
  • Introduction, paragraph 1, municipality total area
    The total population is 10,657 (2011 census), in a total area of 372.30 square kilometres (143.75 sq mi).
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Memaliaj (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 40.35, longitude 19.983333
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 130 m
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3. GeoNames: Memaliaj - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3184743
    40.35167 19.98028 P PPLA3 AL 45 10944397 12501105 4951 115 Europe/Tirane
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 115 m
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4. 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 40.25, 19.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.25, 19.75
40.25 19.75 Csa
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Wikidata: Memaliaj
Wikidata Q18749, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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