Qukës

Qukës is a former municipality in the Elbasan County, eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Prrenjas.^[1] The population at the 2011 census was 8,211.^[2] The municipal unit consists of the villages Berzheshte, Dritaj, Fanje, Gurre, Karkavec, Menik, Pishkash, Pishkash Veri, Qukës-Shkumbin, Qukës-Skenderbej and Skroske.^[3] In the later Ottoman era about a quarter of the city of Qukes itself was Bektashi.^[4] Via Egnatia [5] passes through Qukës, which was a very important trade route in the Balkans during the conquest of the Roman Empire.

Qukës
Municipal unit
The Chrome mine in Qukës with a partial view of the village
Qukës
Coordinates: 41°5′N 20°26′E
Country	Albania
County	Elbasan
Municipality	Prrenjas
Population  (2011)
• Municipal unit	8,211
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

References

1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6368–6369. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
2. 2011 census results Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
3. Population data on Elbasan County website
4. Çarçani, Leonard (2007). Besimet Fetare në Prefekturën e Elbasanit. Page 9: "Nahija e Qukësit do të kishte 7915 myslimanë shqiptarë në 26 fshatra Bektashianët përbënin ¼ e popullsisë së qytetit"