E-ISSN 2039-2117 Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol 4 No 13 ISSN 2039-9340 MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy November 2013 Structure of the Rural and Urban Population in Gjirokastra Circuit and Its Changes during the Twenty Years, from 1989 to 2009. Professor Associate. Valbona Duri Mag. Maringlen Sherifi Mag. Irena Boboli “Eqrem Çabej” University, Gjirokastër and Department of Geography, Faculty of Education and Social Sciences, Gjirokastër, Albania E-mail:
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[email protected] Doi:10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n13p275 Abstract The analyse of the changes that have occurred in the population of Gjirokastra District by settlement clearly identified that the migration of the population from the village otherwise known the phenomenon of "rural exodus" is the strongest mechanism that presupposes the "industrial revolution" of nowadays. The demographic consequences of this phenomenon appear in urban population growth and reduce of rural one. In the condition of a low natural growth the source of population growth in cities, is because of the migration of population from the village to urban location, despite of the dinamic of urban settlements. The growth of urban population it will be much higher if it was not the international migration. The statistics in used help to analyze just the migratory movements from the rural area to urban lacation Keywords: region; district; urban and rural population; urbanization, rural exodus, annual average rate; natural and mechanic growth. 1. I cambiamenti della popolazione (urbane e rurale) durante il periodo 1989-2009 La circoscrizione di Argirokastro è composta da sei insediamenti urbani: Gjirokaster, Permet, Tepelene, Memaliaj e Libohove (le prime tre sono, le piu importanti e le piu grandi della circoscrizione preso in studio).