Shishtavec
Village in Kukës, Albania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shishtavec is a village in Kukës County in northeastern Albania. It was also the seat of the former municipality of the same name. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Kukës.[1] The administrative unit of Shishtavec contains the villages Borje, Oreshkë, Cërnalevë and Shishtavec which are populated by the Muslim Slavic-speaking Gorani people,[2] whereas the villages of Novosej, Kollovoz and Shtrezë are inhabited by Albanians.[3][4]
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Shishtavec
Шиштавец | |
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Coordinates: 41°59′N 20°36′E | |
Country | Albania |
County | Kukës |
Municipality | Kukës |
Municipal unit | Shishtavec |
Elevation | 1,300 m (4,300 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | www.fshatishishtavec.com |
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According to the 2011 census, 68.3% of the municipality identified ethnically as Albanian, while 7.7% identified as Macedonian. The remainder did not declare an ethnicity.[5]