Klos | |
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.svg)  Klos | |
| Coordinates: 41ยฐ30โฒ23โณN 20ยฐ05โฒ11โณE๏ปฟ / ๏ปฟ41.50639ยฐN 20.08639ยฐE | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Dibรซr |
| Government | |
| ย โขย Mayor | Valbona Kola (PS) |
| Area | |
| ย โขย Municipality | 357.72ย km2 (138.12ย sqย mi) |
| ย โขย Administrative unit | 130ย km2 (50ย sqย mi) |
| Elevation | 277ย m (909ย ft) |
| Population ย (2011) | |
| ย โขย Municipality | 16,618 |
| ย โขย Municipality density | 46.455/km2 (120.32/sqย mi) |
| ย โขย Administrative unit | 7,873 |
| ย โขย Administrative unit density | 61/km2 (160/sqย mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| ย โขย Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal Code | 8002 |
| Area Code | (0)287 |
| Website | bashkiaklos |
Klos (Albanian definite form: Klosi) is a town and a municipality in Dibรซr County, northern center Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Gurrรซ, Klos, Suรง and Xibรซr, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Klos.[1] The total population is 16,618 (2011 census),[2] in a total area of 357.72ย km2.[3] The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 7,873.[2] Klos lies 28.5 kilometers (17ยพ mi) from Tirana and 14 kilometers (9ย mi) from Burrel.
Demographic history
editKlos (Kilos) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a hass-ฤฑ mir-liva and derbendci settlement in the vilayet of Mati. The village had a total of eight households represented by the following household heads: Kozma Kimiza, Progon Shargjini, Martin Doroza, Gjin Doroza, Dula Cukali, Margjin Prifti, Ilia Kimiza, and Kola Kimiza.[4]
Sports
editKlos has a football team known as FC Klosi, which competes in the Albanian Second Division.
References
edit- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p.ย 6367. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Population and housing census - Dibรซr 2011" (PDF). INSTAT. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Correspondence table LAU โ NUTS 2016, EU-28 and EFTA / available Candidate Countries" (XLS). Eurostat. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollรซsishรซm pรซr zonat e dibrรซs i vitit 1467. Tiranรซ: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisรซ. p.ย 8.
