Selenicë is a municipality in Vlorë County in southwestern Albania, formed in 2015 from the merger of five former municipalities and covering an area of 561.52 square kilometers. The 2011 census recorded a population of 16,396, with the former municipality of Selenica notable as the only commune where self-declared Aromanians outnumbered ethnic Albanians. The area is known for its bitumen mines. In 2021 the 10 May 1905 School was established there as the first school in Albania to teach the Aromanian and Romanian languages to Aromanian children.
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1. Selenicë (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 6,912 (2014)
2. 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 40.75, 19.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.75, 19.75
40.75 19.75 Csa
3. GeoNames: Selenicë - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3184197, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 3184197, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
40.53056 19.63583 P PPLA3 AL 51 10944427 3184198 6912 73 Europe/Tirane
Selenicë (Wikipedia)
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