A NEW URBAN RURAL CLASSIFICATION OF ALBANIAN POPULATION THE EU GEOGRAPHICAL TYPOLOGY BASED ON GRID DATA
May, 2014 A NEW URBAN-RURAL CLASSIFICATION OF ALBANIAN POPULATION MAY, 2014
Director of the Publication: Gjergji FILIPI, PhD
INSTAT Ervin Shameti Nexhmije Lecini
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Statistical data for urban and rural areas are of some considerable importance for the central government and for local authorities while planning and managing services for local communities. For instance, the allocation of health and social care funding, housing, roads, water and sewerage and the provision and maintenance of schools have all distinctive aspects in urban and rural areas. Employment for urban and rural population has different features as well.
In Albania, as in most other countries, it is difficult to distinguish exactly the urban population from the rural one. Even though not always reflecting what is certainly urban or rural, in Albania, the administrative definition based on the law is used also for statistical purposes.
However, the present availability of small-area data derived from the 2011 population and housing census covering the entire territory of the country, has made possible an attempt to introduce also in Albania new definitions and classifications of urban and rural areas for statistical purposes. This has been technically feasible thanks to the availability of census data organised in a geo-referenced database, managed by INSTAT.
This attempt has been carried out taking into consideration European standards, and specifically a new approach adopted by Eurostat to classify European regions using cell grids of equal size (1 km²), instead of local administrative units of different sizes, which limits data comparability considerably.
Therefore, it is my utmost pleasure that INSTAT has been able to produce this volume, thanks to the capacity and devotion of the staff of the GIS and Cartographic Unit with ad-hoc support from the expertise of the census experts of the EU technical assistance.
A special thanks goes to all the Institutions and donors who contributed to the conduction of the 2011 census, namely, the Government of Albania, the EU assistance (IPA 2009 and CARDS 2006), UNFPA - The United Nations Population Fund, SDC - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, UNDP - United Nations Development Programme, SIDA - Swedish International Development Agency.
Gjergji FILIPI, PhD Director General of INSTAT Lista e publikimeve tematike të Censusit 2011, Maj 2014 List of 2011 Census thematic publications, May 2014
• Censusi i Popullsisë dhe Banesave 2011: karakteristikat ekonomike • 2011 Population and Housing Census: Economic Characteristics
• Dimensionet e cilësisë së Censusit 2011 • Quality Dimensions of the 2011 Population and Housing Census of Albania
• Kushtet e banimit dhe të jetesës • Dwelling and living conditions
• Migracioni në Shqipëri • Migration in Albania
• Një klasifikim i ri urban - rural i popullsisë shqiptare • A new urban - rural classification of Albanian population
• Popullsia dhe dinamikat e saj - horizonte të reja demografike? • Population and population dynamics in Albania - New demographic horizons?
• Projeksionet e popullsisë, 2011-2031 • Population Projections, 2011-2031
• Shqipëria 2011 Censusi në harta • Albania 2011 Census Atlas
• Tipologjia e komunave dhe bashkive • Communes and Municipalities Typology
• Lëvizjet vajtje-ardhje për qëllime punësimi • Commuting from home to work
• Dinamikat e tregut të punës, 2001-2011 • Labour market dynamics, 2001-2011
• Aplikimi INSTATGIS – hartat në web (www.instatgis.gov.al) • INSTATGIS – Atlas web application (www.instatgis.gov.al) Contents
List of tables 6 List of figures 7 Abbreviations and main definitions 8 1. Introduction 9 2. Definition of urban and rural areas for population and housing censuses 11 3. The current administrative, geographic and statistical territorial organisation of Albania 13 3.1 NUTS and statistical regions in Albania 14
4. The grid-based approach for dissemination of census data 17 4.1 Implementation of the population grid of Albania 17
5. Definition of urban population in Albania 21 5.1 Administrative definition and classification 21 5.2 Definition and classification by grid at regional level 26 5.3 Definition and classification by grid at city level 33 5.4 Definition and classification by grid at sub-regional level 43
6. Main findings and conclusions 45 Annexes 49 Annex 1. Local administrative units by degree of urbanisation 49 Annex 2. Resident population in Albania by urban and rural area in % 59 References 71
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 5 List of tables
Tab. 5.1 Urban areas in Albania defined by law 21 Tab. 5.2 Example of municipalities composed by cities and villages 23 were data was re-classified in the post-census phase Tab. 5.3 Municipalities composed by cities and villages 23 Tab. 5.4 Municipalities composed only by cities 24 Tab. 5.5 Municipalities composed only by villages 25 Tab. 5.6 Communes composed by cities and villages 25 Tab. 5.7 Resident population by region NUTS 3 and by urban-rural 25 Tab. 5.8 Grid-based urban population by regions NUTS 3 in Albania 31 Tab. 5.9 NUTS 3 in Albania by urban-rural typology 35 Tab. 5.10 Communes and municipalities with more than 50 % of their 37 population inside Urban Centres Tab. 6.1 Population by urban-rural typology for EU, EFTA, Croatia and 46 Albania, in % Annex 1 Local administrative units by degree of urbanisation 49 Annex 2. Resident population in Albania by urban and rural area in, % 59
6 A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population List of figures
Figure 3.1 Administrative, geographic and statistical division of Albania 13 Figure 4.1 Grid of Albania 1km2 18 Figure 4.2 Building centroids and grid cells 19 Figure 4.3 Census data aggregated to grid cells 20 Figure 5.1 Group of contiguous grid cells 26 Figure 5.2 Grid cells with at least 300 inhabitants per Km² 27 Figure 5.3 Urban clusters in Albania 28 Figure 5.4 Urban cluster of Tirana before and after overlapping grid 29 clusters and administrative boundaries Figure 5.5 Aggregation of urban clusters at district and Qark (Prefecture) 29 levels using GIS tools Figure 5.6 Urban areas in Albania by NUTS 3 regions (Qarks or 30 Prefectures) Figure 5.7 NUTS 3 regions of Albania by urban-rural typology 32 Figure 5.8 Group of contiguous high-density grid cells 33 Figure 5.9 High-density grids in the areas of Tirana and Durres 34 Figure 5.10 Grouped high-density cells of the cities of Tiranë and Durrës 35 Figure 5.11 Communes and municipalities around the Urban Centres of 36 Albania Figure 5.12 Urban audit city and urban centre of Tiranë 38 Figure 5.13 Urban audit city and urban centre of Durrës 39 Figure 5.14 Urban audit city and urban centre of Vlorë 40 Figure 5.15 Urban audit city and urban centre of Shkodër 41 Figure 5.16 Urban audit city and urban centre of Elbasan 42 Figure 5.17 Communes and municipalities of Albania by urban-rural EU 44 typology Figure 6.1 Typology of clusters in Albania 47
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 7 Abbreviations and main definitions
DEGURBA Degree of Urbanisation EA Enumeration Area EC European Commission EFGS European Forum for Geography and Statistics ESS European Statistical System EA Enumeration Area EFGS European Forum for Geography and Statistics EFTA European Free Trade Association EU European Union EUROSTAT The statistical Office of the European Union GIS Geographic Information System INSTAT Institute of Statistics of Albania LAU2 EU Local Administrative Unit level 2 NSI National Statistical Institute NUTS EU Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Municipality / Local administrative unit of Albania commune Qark Administrative unit of Albania (Region) Rrethe Geographic unit of Albania (District) Rural grid cell Grid cell outside urban clusters Urban centre Contiguous grid cells of 1 km² with a population density of at least 1,500 inhabitants / High-density per km² and a minimum population of 50,000 inhabitants cluster Urban cluster Cluster of contiguous grid cells of 1km² with a density of at least 300 inhabitants per km² and a minimum population of 5,000 inhabitants
8 A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population Introduction 1
1. Introduction
This study is the first attempt made in Albania to identify the urban and rural population (and areas) through a rigorous approach based on the national administrative classification and based on a new statistical method proposed by the European Commission (EC). The new EU urban/rural typology considers 1 km² population density grids instead of densities calculated on the areas of administrative units.
The main objective of this analysis is to classify the resident Albanian population as obtained from the 2011 population and housing census in urban and rural population, according to the current administrative criteria in the country and on the basis of European statistical standards, and to compare the differences at national and regional levels. The achievement of this objective allows the Institute of Statistics of Albania (INSTAT) to classify the territory of Albania for statistical purposes in compliance with EU standards, in order to ensure data comparability between Albania and EU countries.
Like in all countries conducting a population census, in Albania the census data was disseminated following the administrative structure of the country based on census legislation. Central and local governments need to know the amount and characteristics of the population by administrative units (regions, communes and municipalities). In most of the Western Balkan countries, the law classifies the administrative units as urban or rural. However, the “real” cities and “real” urban areas are usually enlarging their size faster than the capacity of the law to revise such definitions which are needed to make urban boundaries consistent with the actual size of urban and non-urban areas. Also according to Albanian law, urban and rural areas do not comply with the “real” characteristics of the administrative territory. Therefore, the breakdown of census data by urban areas, both at national and regional level, is often underreported.
The first specific objective of this exercise is to provide to census users the “real” picture of Albania at the time of the census, as far as the variable urban-rural population is concerned.
A second specific objective of this analysis is to strengthen European statistical standards in Albania for data comparability at regional level, also in the view of the ongoing accession process of the country towards EU membership.
A third specific objective is the provision of a more accurate identification of the Albanian urban and rural population to better address development policies in the country.
A fourth specific objective is the role of this analysis for improving the sample frame in future statistical surveys, where urban and rural variables play an important role in terms of data representativeness and quality.
The proposed statistical urban-rural classification of the territory of Albania and of its population follows the new EU typology 1 km² grid-based approach of population density. The methods which classify regions in accordance with the EU Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics level 3 (NUTS3), Local Administrative Units level 2 (LAU2) and cities have common elements and specific characteristics which differ on the basis of the territorial level considered. For instance, the minimum threshold of urban grids cells for the regional classification is 300 inhabitants per Km², while for the classification of a city, a grid cell is defined as high-density populated if it includes at least 1,500 inhabitants.
The European Statistical System (ESS) uses different regional typologies based on population densities and urbanisation for analysis of regions and for collecting statistics. Regional typologies are used by EU Institutions to define and implement regional policies in the member states. Even though regional policies are mostly based on NUTS 3 data, classifications on a lower geographical level remain necessary. To this aim, the European Commission has developed different regional typologies, such as urban-rural typology including remoteness, metro regions, border regions, mountain regions, island regions, sparsely populated regions (Dijkstra and al., 2011).
However, in this study only urban-rural typologies are considered, in relation to the classifications of statistical regions corresponding to NUTS 3 and LAU2, and in relation to cities (urban audit cities). The classifications are based on population densities and population number. The main concepts used are: “rural grid cells” defined as cells outside urban clusters; “urban clusters” defined as contiguous (including diagonals) cells with a density of at least 300 inhabitants per km² and a minimum of 5,000 inhabitants; “high-density clusters” defined as contiguous (without diagonals and with gap filling) cells with a density of at least 1,500 inhabitants per km² and a population threshold of 50,000. The Urban Audit is an EC supported project to provide reliable and comparative information on EU urban areas, defined as cities. It includes also the identification of a “hinterland” zone around cities, which is not considered in this study.
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 9 It is interesting to investigate how the urban and rural population of Albania is distributed in the country and how this distribution differs if a statistical or administrative definition is applied. Indeed, the divergence is not only relevant on national level, but sometimes on regional, commune/municipality and city levels too, as described in the last section of this study. This investigation was possible thanks to the availability of a comprehensive statistical geodatabase at INSTAT, developed for the preparation and implementation of the 2011 population and housing census of Albania. For the first time in Albania, it includes geo-referenced census data which allowed the preparation of a national grid system for the dissemination of statistical data, in line with other European countries and standards.
10 A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population Definition of urban and rural areas for population and housing censuses 2
2. Definition of urban and rural areas for population and housing censuses
Because of national differences in the features that characterise urban and rural areas, the distinction between the urban and the rural population is not yet amenable to a single definition that would be applicable to all countries. However, in Europe the United Nations European Commission for Europe (UNECE), in collaboration with the statistical office of the Economic Union (Eurostat) provided general guidance in this definition for European countries conducting a population and housing census in the 2010 census round (UNECE, 2006). The recommended definition is based on the concept of “locality”. A locality is defined as “a distinct population cluster, that is, the area defined by population living in neighbouring or contiguous buildings” where “contiguous buildings” are buildings that “a) form a continuous built-up area with a clearly recognizable street formation; or b) though not part of such a built-up area, they comprise a group of buildings to which a locally recognized place name is uniquely attached; or c) though not coming within either of the above two requirements constitute a group of buildings, none of which is separated from its nearest neighbour by more than 200 metres”.1 UNECE and Eurostat recommended also that “countries which tabulate statistics only for civil divisions should, as a minimum, endeavour to compile data on the total population of each part of a civil division containing a population cluster (locality), or part of a population cluster, of at least 2,000 inhabitants, thus providing a basis for making a more clear-cut distinction between urban and rural areas and populations” and that “…countries might also wish to consider defining urban areas in other ways (for example in terms of administrative boundaries, of built-up areas, … or in terms of functional areas). Whatever approach is taken should be clearly described in the relevant census report and/or metadata”. The traditional distinction between urban and rural areas within a country is based on the assumption that urban areas, no matter how they are defined, provide a different way of life and usually a higher standard of living than is found in rural areas. However, in many European countries, this distinction has become unclear and the principal difference between urban and rural areas in terms of the circumstances of living tends to be a matter of the degree of concentration of population. Indeed, rapid urbanisation in these countries has greatly raised the need for information related to different sizes of urban areas, and to the need to define standards for data comparability inside Europe and between EU member countries. This was the case of Albania, where census data was disseminated according to civil divisions, as expressed clearly in the national census legislation. Nevertheless, because of the need to provide statistics comparable to the statistical data of the other European countries, Albania developed an additional classification of urban-rural population, based on statistical concepts, and in line with the most recent Eurostat definitions.
1 See in References UNECE 2006, page 41.
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 11
3. The current administrative, geographic and statistical territorial organisation of Albania
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Figure 3.1: Administrative, geographic and statistical division of Albania Fig. 3.1: Administrative, geographic and statistical division of Albania
3 Macro Regions Statistical Regions (NUTS 2)
12 Regions (Qarks) Administrative Units - Statistical Regions (NUTS 3)
36 36Districts Districts (Rrethe) Geographic Units
65 Municipalities 308 Communes Administrative Units
Cities Villages Cities Villages Geographic Units
The present territorial division of Albania is based on laws no. 8652 and no. 8653 dated 31 July 2000, “On the organization and functioning of local governments” and “On the administrative-territorial division of local government unitsThe of present the Republic territorial of Albania”. division This legislationof Albania divide is basedthe country on intolaws two no. administrative 8652 levels: Qarks and communesand no. or 8653 municipalities. dated 31 July 2000, “On the organization and functioning This administrativeof local structure governments” originated from and the “On law no.the 7572 admin datedistrative-territorial 10 June 1992 “On divisionthe organization of and the functions of thelocal local government.”government This units law definedof the 36 Republ districts,ic 44 of municipalities, Albania”. Thisand 313 legislation communes. Later, the law no. 7608 dateddivide 22 the September country 1992 into “Ontwo the admini prefectures”strative established levels: Qarks 12 prefectures and communes as units headed by a prefect who is orappointed municipalities. by the Council of Ministers. A prefecture included from 2 to 4 districts (Rrethe). In 2000, the above mentioned law no. 8653 abolished the districts as administrative units. The law no. 8652, art. 5 states that “A commune is an administrative-territorial entity and the community of inhabitants usually in a rural area but in special cases in urban areas…Sub-divisions of communes are villages and in special cases cities…A municipality is an administrative-territorial entity and the community of residents usually in an urban area and in special cases in rural areas…Sub-divisions of municipality in urban areas are called quarters (Lagje)…a quarter cannot have less than 15,000 residents. When a municipality has under its jurisdiction rural areas the subdivisions are the villages. A village cannot have less than 200 inhabitants.12 A city is a residential centre, which will be developed according to an approved future urban plan. A city is an urban area that has been called so by law”1.
1 Unofficial translation from Albanian to English of the law no. 8652.
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 13 3.1 NUTS and statistical regions in Albania The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS, in French language ‘Nomenclature d’Unités Territoriales Statistiques’) is a geographical nomenclature dividing up the territory of the European Union into regions of three different levels (NUTS 1, 2 and 3, respectively), moving from larger to smaller territorial units. The NUTS is based on the Regulation 1059/2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics, approved in 2003 and amended in the following years to extend the NUTS system to the new Member States. When a new country joins EU, its territory is organised in statistical regions corresponding to NUTS. The NUTS classification subdivides the territory of the Member States into territorial units. It attributes to each territorial unit a specific code and name. The NUTS classification is hierarchical; dividing each Member State into NUTS level 1 territorial units, then dividing each one of them into NUTS level 2 territorial units, which in turn are divided into NUTS level 3 territorial units. In each Member State, there can be further hierarchical levels of detail, based on the decision of the Member State, to further split the NUTS level 3 regions. The main purpose of dividing the country into NUTS areas is to establish a common statistical classification of territorial units, in order to enable the collection, compilation and dissemination of harmonised regional statistics in the Community. To meet the demand for statistics at local level, EUROSTAT has set up a system of Local Administrative Units (LAUs) compatible with NUTS. At the local level, two levels of Local Administrative Units (LAU) have been defined: - The upper LAU level (LAU level 1, formerly NUTS level 4) is defined for most, but not for all the countries - The lower LAU level (LAU level 2, formerly NUTS level 5) is generally comprised of municipalities or equivalent units in the EU Member States.
In EU statistics, LAU level 2 is primarily used in surveys such as the labour force survey (LFS) and the survey on income and living conditions (SILC). Existing administrative units within the Member States constitute the first criterion used for the definition of territorial units. To this end, ‘administrative unit’ means a geographical area with an administrative authority that has the power to take administrative or policy decisions for that area within the legal and institutional framework of the Member State. The main principles for the NUTS classification are: - NUTS regulation defines minimum and maximum population thresholds for the size of the NUTS regions. Nevertheless, despite the aim of ensuring that regions of comparable size all appear at the same NUTS level, each level still contains regions which differ greatly in terms of population. - NUTS classification favours administrative divisions (normative criterion). For practical reasons the NUTS classification is based on the administrative division applied in the Member States that generally comprise two main regional levels. The additional third level is created by aggregating small administrative units. - NUTS favour general geographical units. General geographical units are normally more suitable for indicators rather than geographical units which are specific for certain fields of activity.
In order to establish the relevant NUTS level in which a given class of administrative units in a Member State is to be classified, the average size of this class of administrative units in the Member State have to lie within the population thresholds identified in the NUTS regulation (persons who have their usual residence in the given area are to be counted as the population of the area). The relevant thresholds are:
NUTS level Minimum population Maximum population
NUTS 1 3,000 000 7,000 000 NUTS 2 800 000 3,000 000 NUTS 3 150 000 800 000
14 A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population The current administrative, geographic and statistical territorial organisation of Albania 3
The NUTS Regulation is operational within the European Statistical System and is serving its primary purpose as a framework for regional statistics at European level. The Member States submit regional statistics to EUROSTAT in line with the NUTS classification in several domains. In some domains Member States are under a legal obligation to submit regional data, while in others they provide them under informal agreements. Most data are collected at NUTS level 2. A minor number of tables are provided at the more detailed NUTS level 3. Even though the NUTS classification is defined only for the Member States of the EU, statistical regions are defined through negotiations between candidate and potential candidate countries, and Eurostat. In view of Albania’s EU accession, the classification of statistical regions was agreed and entered into force in the country in April 20111. Albania is currently divided into 3 statistical regions corresponding to NUTS level 2, and into 12 regions corresponding to NUTS level 3. The 12 regions under level 3 are the administrative regions. The 3 regions under level 2 are classified as: - North region including the Qarks of Dibër, Durrës, Kukës, Lezhë, Shkodër - Central region including the Qarks of Elbasan and Tiranë - South region including the Qarks of Berat, Fier, Gjirokastër, Korcë, Vlorë.
The EU classification of regions as urban, intermediate and rural, is then based on the above mentioned official territorial classification of the territory of Albania, for statistical purposes.
1 See letter signed by the Director General of Eurostat Walter Radermarcher on 28 April 2011.
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 15 A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population The grid-based approach for dissemination of census data 4
4. The grid-based approach for dissemination of census data
Since 2010, the European Commission has endorsed and further developed the use of a grid-based approach to classify EU NUTS 3 regions (Eurostat, 2010). The EU Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, the EU Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, Eurostat, and the EU Joint Research Centre developed jointly the new typology aiming at providing a consistent basis for classifying the territory of the European Union as “predominantly rural, “Intermediate” and “predominantly urban”, as a variation of the OECD methodology (OECD, 2011). The OECD Regional Typology is based on a solid methodology and uses EU Local Administrative Units level 2 (LAU21) to classify NUTS 3 regions. However, this classification presents the usual limits of territorial comparison by using administrative units with sometimes large variation in their size, even if measures and improvements were considered to reduce the statistical bias caused by such variation between administrative units (Dijkstra, 2010). The methodological foundations for European population grid datasets derive from earlier studies conducted by the European Forum for GeoStatistics, now European Forum for Geography and Statistics (EFGS)2, first as a voluntary cooperation between National Statistical Institutes (NSIs) in the Nordic European countries since 1998, and then in the framework of the EU ESSnet3 GEOSTAT projects4. The GEOSTAT project “Dissemination of results from 2010/2011 censuses - Representing Census data in a European population grid”, was implemented in 2010 and 2011 to develop guidelines for datasets and methods to link census 2010/2011 statistics to a common harmonised European grid. Most of the European countries disseminated selected variables of their census data using grid maps. Examples are grid maps of the urban-rural population, age composition, type of dwellings and type of households, employed population, built-up areas, and day-time population. Statistical grid data are statistics geographically referenced to a system of grid cells in a grid net with Cartesian coordinates. The EFGS and Eurostat proposed the adoption of a European grid, a multipurpose pan-European mapping standard. It is based on the ETRS89 Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area projection coordinate reference system, and it is defined as hierarchical one in metric coordinates in power of 10. The resolution of the grid is 1m, 10m, 100m, 1000m, 10,000m, and 100,000m. A dataset series of 1x1 km grids in compliance with INSPIRE principles and covering the EU and EFTA countries including EU candidate countries was developed in the framework of the GEOSTAT project
4.1 Implementation of the population grid of Albania
In Albania, INSTAT, developed a comprehensive digital mapping programme for the preparation and implementation of the 2011 population and housing census, and for the dissemination of census results. Digital maps were created on the basis of recent orthophotos and updated on the field. Maps where organised in a Geographic Information System (GIS) and a census geodatabase was first created and then populated with census data at the level of buildings, Enumeration Areas (EAs) and administrative units. Each building had assigned a unique ID code within EAs and within a grid system based on the cartographic reference system of the digital maps (UTM WGS84). The census GIS database was developed to a large extent in line with European and International standards (INSPIRE 2007 and UNSD 2009).
1 To meet the demand for statistics at local level, Eurostat has set up a system of Local Administrative Units (LAUs) compatible with NUTS. At the local level, two levels of Local Administrative Units (LAU) have been defined: a) the upper LAU level (LAU level 1, formerly NUTS level 4) is defined for most, but not all of the countries; b) the lower LAU level (LAU level 2, formerly NUTS level 5) consists of municipalities or equivalent units in the 27 EU Member States.
2 http://www.efgs.info
3 A project partially funded by Eurostat to establish network of several European Statistical System (ESS) organisations aimed at providing results that will be beneficial to the whole ESS.
4 The GEOSTAT 1A project outlines the vision for European population grid datasets in close strategy with Eurostat and the European Statistical System to integrate spatial information and statistics. The ESSnet project “GEOSTAT - representing census data in a European population grid dataset”, aims at representing various characteristics in a 1km² grid dataset and for this takes advantage of the 2011 Censuses conducted in the European countries. The GEOSTAT 1A report describes user needs and best practices in some of the more advanced countries in the field of grid statistics and then presents recommendations and guidelines on producing a European population grid dataset from various national sources, for others to follow. The report includes reflections on confidentiality management of grid data and their proper quality documentation. It concludes with a blue print for a data infrastructure for spatial statistical data and then lists some of the open topics to be solved in future projects such as continuity of the action and licensing issues. The GEOSTAT 1B project continued the activities of the GEOSTAT 1A Project and emphasised on the importance of integrating the geographical component into the statistical production system. One of its aims was to develop a series of guidelines and training materials for the production and use of gridded population datasets.
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 17 The first phase for the definition of the grid-based urban population, was the generation of a grid covering the entire territory of the country, of 1 km2. The grid was created using a tool developed by EFGS with the support of Eurostat in compliance with INSPIRE specifications for European grids. The population grid of Albania is based on ETRS89 Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area coordinate reference system. The grid was generated in vector format (polygon), covering the entire territory of the country. A table of attributes was also generated with a unique ID for each cell. The total number of grid cells is 29,197 (Figure 4.1).
Figure 4.1: Grid of Albania 1km2
Bajram Curri
Krumë
Koplik Kukës
Shkodër Pukë
Rrëshen Lezhë Peshkopi
Laç Burrel
Bulqizë Krujë
Tiranë Durrës Librazhd Kavajë Elbasan
Peqin Pogradec Lushnje Gramsh
Kuçovë Bilisht Fier Berat Korçë
Ballsh Çorovodë
Vlorë Ersekë
Tepelenë Përmet
Gjirokastër
Delvinë
Sarandë Main city (based on Albanian law) Grid cells 1 km²
30 km
Source: INSTAT © INSTAT, 2014 Coordinate System: ETRS 1989 LAEA
18 A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population The grid-based approach for dissemination of census data 4
The second phase aimed at aggregating the census population into grid cells, on the basis of the place of residence of the population. The vector GIS layer of residential buildings9 was converted from the UTM WGS84 reference system into the ETRS89-LAEA system, and then centroids of the buildings were generated from the GIS geodatabase. (Figure 4.2).
Figure 4.2: Building centroids and grid cells
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1kmN1978E5158 1kmN1978E5159 1kmN1978E5160 1kmN1978E5161
1kmN1977E5158 1kmN1977E5159 1kmN1977E5160 1kmN1977E5161
1kmN1976E5158 1kmN1976E5159 1kmN1976E5160 1kmN1976E5161
Centroid of building 1.3 km Coordinate System: ETRS 1989 LAEA Grid cell 1 km²
1kmN1976E5158 Grid ID (based on the European Reference Grids)
At this point, the centroids of the buildings were intersected with the 1 km² grid, and a new GIS layer of buildings was created. This new layer included also a new attribute table containing census data related to buildings and to single grid cells (Figure 4.3).
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 19 Figure 4.3: Census data aggregated to grid cells
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1kmN1977E5158 1kmN1977E5159 1kmN1977E5160 1kmN1977E5161
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Grid 1 km² containing centroid data 1.3 km Coordinate System: ETRS 1989 LAEA Grid cell 1 km²
1kmN1976E5158 Grid ID (based on the European Reference Grids)
This grid layer is now containing census data for the entire territory of Albania. The total number of cells with one or more residential buildings is 13,369 (including cells with occupied and not occupied buildings), and 15,828 is the number of cells without residential buildings (and without population). The number of grid cells with resident population is 12,155, while the number of cells without population is 17,042 (including cells with no residential building or buildings not occupied by households). The cells not coloured show that no population live in those areas. The population grid dataset implemented as above, has been used as basis to classify the Albanian territory according to the new EU typology, at regional, sub-regional and city levels.
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5. Definition of urban population in Albania
In line with international statistical definitions, the population of Albania is here classified as urban and rural as a population living in urban and rural areas. In the following sub-chapters, the administrative approach is first investigated, followed by a new statistical approach, that show the results of the classification of Albanian territory at regional, sub- regional and city levels according to the new EU definitions and methodologies.
5.1 Administrative definition and classification On the basis of the current legislation, the urban areas in Albania include the territory of 74 cities, while the 2,972 villages are classified as rural areas. The cities are listed below with their corresponding municipality or commune, district and region (Tab. 5.1).
Tab. 5.1: Urban areas in Albania defined by law
No City (urban) Municipality Commune District Region 1 BAJRAM CURRI BAJRAM CURRI TROPOJË KUKËS 2 BAJZË KASTRAT MALËSI E MADHE SHKODËR 3 BALLSH BALLSH MALLAKASTËR FIER 4 BELSH QYTET BELSH ELBASAN ELBASAN 5 BERAT BERAT BERAT BERAT 6 BILISHT BILISHT DEVOLL KORÇË 7 BULQIZË BULQIZË BULQIZË DIBËR 8 BURREL BURREL MAT DIBËR 9 CËRRIK CËRRIK ELBASAN ELBASAN 10 ÇOROVODË ÇOROVODË SKRAPAR BERAT 11 DELVINË DELVINË DELVINË VLORË 12 DIVJAKË DIVJAKË LUSHNJE FIER 13 DURRËS DURRËS DURRËS DURRËS 14 ELBASAN ELBASAN ELBASAN ELBASAN 15 ERSEKË ERSEKË KOLONJË KORÇË 16 FIER FIER FIER FIER 17 FIERZË FIERZË TROPOJË KUKËS 18 FUSHË ARRËZ FUSHË ARRËZ PUKË SHKODËR 19 FUSHË KRUJË FUSHË KRUJË KRUJË DURRËS 20 GJIROKASTËR GJIROKASTËR GJIROKASTËR GJIROKASTËR 21 GRAMSH GRAMSH GRAMSH ELBASAN 22 HIMARË HIMARË VLORË VLORË 23 KAM BYTYÇ TROPOJË KUKËS 24 KAMËZ KAMËZ TIRANË TIRANË 25 KAVAJË KAVAJË KAVAJË TIRANË 26 KËLCYRË KËLCYRË PËRMET GJIROKASTËR 27 KËRRABË KËRRABË TIRANË TIRANË 28 KLOS KLOS MAT DIBËR 29 KONISPOL KONISPOL SARANDË VLORË 30 KOPLIK KOPLIK MALËSI E MADHE SHKODËR 31 KORÇË KORÇË KORÇË KORÇË
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 21 No City (urban) Municipality Commune District Region 32 KRASTË MARTANESH BULQIZË DIBËR 33 KRUJË KRUJË KRUJË DURRËS 34 KRUMË KRUMË HAS KUKËS 35 KUÇOVË KUÇOVË KUÇOVË BERAT 36 KUKËS KUKËS KUKËS KUKËS 37 KURBNESH SELITË MIRDITË LEZHË 38 LAÇ LAÇ KURBIN LEZHË 39 LESKOVIK LESKOVIK KOLONJË KORÇË 40 LEZHË LEZHË LEZHË LEZHË 41 LIBOHOVË LIBOHOVË GJIROKASTËR GJIROKASTËR 42 LIBRAZHD LIBRAZHD LIBRAZHD ELBASAN 43 LUSHNJE LUSHNJE LUSHNJE FIER 44 MALIQ MALIQ KORÇË KORÇË 45 MAMURRAS MAMURRAS KURBIN LEZHË 46 MANËZ MANËZ DURRËS DURRËS 47 MEMALIAJ MEMALIAJ TEPELENË GJIROKASTËR 48 MILOT MILOT KURBIN LEZHË 49 ORIKUM ORIKUM VLORË VLORË 50 PATOS PATOS FIER FIER 51 PEQIN PEQIN PEQIN ELBASAN 52 PËRMET PËRMET PËRMET GJIROKASTËR 53 PËRRENJAS PËRRENJAS LIBRAZHD ELBASAN 54 PESHKOPI PESHKOPI DIBËR DIBËR 55 POGRADEC POGRADEC POGRADEC KORÇË 56 POLIÇAN POLIÇAN SKRAPAR BERAT 57 PUKË PUKË PUKË SHKODËR 58 REPS OROSH MIRDITË LEZHË 59 ROSKOVEC ROSKOVEC FIER FIER 60 RRËSHEN RRËSHEN MIRDITË LEZHË 61 RROGOZHINË RROGOZHINË KAVAJË TIRANË 62 RUBIK RUBIK MIRDITË LEZHË 63 SARANDË SARANDË SARANDË VLORË 64 SELENICË SELENICË VLORË VLORË 65 SHËNGJIN SHËNGJIN LEZHË LEZHË 66 SHIJAK SHIJAK DURRËS DURRËS 67 SHKODËR SHKODËR SHKODËR SHKODËR 68 SUKTH SUKTH DURRËS DURRËS 69 TEPELENË TEPELENË TEPELENË GJIROKASTËR 70 TIRANË TIRANË TIRANË TIRANË 71 ULËZ ULËZ MAT DIBËR 72 VAU I DEJËS VAU I DEJËS SHKODËR SHKODËR 73 VLORË VLORË VLORË VLORË 74 VORË VORË TIRANË TIRANË
Source: Albanian laws no. 8652 and 8653 dated 31 July 2000.
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However, the Albanian legislation does not provide details on the criteria how to define a city and/or an urban area. City boundaries are in most of cases not officially demarcated. Some cities are of a very small size, and usually located in municipalities. There are also 10 other cases where cities are located in communes (Tab. 5.6). Due to the above, for the initial calculation of results of the census, a simplified definition of urban and rural areas has been used, considering the municipalities and communes with cities as entirely urban ones. Based on this approach, the urban population of Albania was calculated as 1,498,508 (53.5%), and the rural as 1,301,630 (46.5%)1, (INSTAT, 2012). Indeed, in the publication of preliminary census results, the information on urban population was based on the identification of the resident population in the municipalities. In cases where the municipalities had a mix composition urban-rural, the whole municipalities were considered as urban territory, with urban population only. This was due to the complexity of identifying the geographic boundaries of the cities within local units. Taking into consideration that in the census questionnaire was included a self-declaration of respondents on their place of usual residence at the level of cities and villages, the urban and rural population was re-classified in those municipalities were are present both, cities and villages, as per the administrative definition. An example of those cases is presented in Tab. 5.2. In addition, the data collected in the field during the census enumeration also contained inaccuracies, and in some cases the information on the place of residence was missing. Also for those cases, data was improved thanks to the availability of the geo- referenced GIS census data at INSTAT.
Tab. 5.2: Example of municipalities composed by cities and villages were data was re-classified in the post-census phase
% Urban population % Urban % Rural population No. of No. Municipality City for preliminary population for final for final census villages census results census results results 1 KAMZË KAMZË 6 100.0 31.0 69.0 2 MANZË MANZË 7 100.0 43.2 56.8 3 DELVINË DELVINË 8 100.0 65.2 34.8 4 VORË VORË 8 100.0 32.6 67.4
Source: our elaboration. As a result, while carrying out a more detailed spatial analysis of the territory inside communes and municipalities, together with the analysis of the place of residence declared by respondents during the census, a different amount of the urban and rural population was defined: 1,347,280 (47.7%) and 1,474,697 (52.3%), respectively2. As described above, the difference on the share of the urban population was calculated with a long and thorough investigation on the inner territory of communes and municipalities, at the level of Enumeration Areas (EAs) according to the approximate size of cities and villages (Tab. 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6). Table 5.7 shows the number of total population in urban and rural areas for each region on 1 October 2011123.
Tab. 5.3: Municipalities composed by cities and villages
No. Municipality name City name No. of Villages 1 URA VAJGURORE URA-VAJGURORE 6 2 KLOS KLOS 13 3 BULQIZË BULQIZË 2 4 MANZË MANZË 7 5 SUKTH SUKTH 5 6 KRUJË KRUJË 3 7 FUSHË-KRUJË FUSHË-KRUJË 6
1 The estimated 21,839 persons who refused to participate to the census are not included.
2 These figures include the estimated 21,839 persons who rfused to participate to the census.
3 According to census results, the enumerated resident population in Albania on 1 October 2011 was 2,800,138. However, the estimated total census population was 2,821,977, as result of adding the estimated number of household members who refused to take part in the census operation. During the data collection, the enumerated refusals were recorded at the level of household heads, while the overall number of household members of the households who refused, was estimated by assign to each of those households the average number of household members in the same enumeration areas where the refusal took place.
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 23 No. Municipality name City name No. of Villages 8 PRRENJAS PRRENJAS 2 9 PATOS PATOS 7 10 ROSKOVEC ROSKOVEC 1 11 LUSHNJË LUSHNJË 2 12 RROGOZHINË RROGOZHINË 1 13 KËLCYRË KËLCYRË 6 14 KUKËS KUKËS 3 15 KRUMË KRUMË 6 16 MALIQ MALIQ 6 17 RRËSHEN RRËSHEN 13 18 RUBIK RUBIK 11 19 LAÇ LAÇ 1 20 MAMURRAS MAMURRAS 7 21 SHKODËR SHKODËR 2 22 VAU DEJËS VAU DEJËS 8 23 PUKË PUKË 2 24 FUSHË-ARRËZ FUSHË-ARRËS 3 25 KAMZË KAMZË 6 26 VORË VORË 8 27 ORIKUM ORIKUM 4 28 HIMARË HIMARË 9 29 SARANDË SARANDË 3 30 KONISPOL KONISPOL 1 31 DELVINË DELVINË 8 32 DIVJAKË DIVJAKË 9
Source: our elaboration.
Tab. 5.4: Municipalities composed only by cities
No. Municipality name City name 1 BERAT BERAT 2 ÇOROVODË ÇOROVODË 3 POLIÇAN POLIÇAN 4 KUÇOVË KUÇOVË 5 PESHKOPI PESHKOPI 6 BURREL BURREL 7 DURRËS DURRËS 8 SHIJAK SHIJAK 9 ELBASAN ELBASAN 10 CËRRIK CËRRIK 11 GRAMSH GRAMSH 12 LIBRAZHD LIBRAZHD 13 FIER FIER 14 BALLSH BALLSH 15 GJIROKASTËR GJIROKASTËR 16 LIBOHOVË LIBOHOVË
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No. Municipality name City name 17 TEPELENË TEPELENË 18 MEMALIAJ MEMALIAJ 19 PËRMET PËRMET 20 KORÇË KORÇË 21 BILISHT BILISHT 22 ERSEKË ERSEKË 23 LESKOVIK LESKOVIK 24 POGRADEC POGRADEC 25 BAJRAM CURRI BAJRAM CURRI 26 LEZHË LEZHË 27 KOPLIK KOPLIK 28 TIRANË TIRANË 29 KAVAJË KAVAJË 30 VLORË VLORË 31 SELENICË SELENICË 32 PEQIN PEQIN
Source: our elaboration.
Tab. 5.5: Municipalities composed only by villages
No. Municipality name Village name as center of No. of villages municipality 1 BELSH FSHAT-BELSH 12
Source: our elaboration.
Tab. 5.6: Communes composed by cities and villages
No.. Commune name City name No. of Villages 1 MARTANESH KRASTË 7 2 ULËZ ULËZ 5 3 FIERZË FIERZË 4 4 SHËNGJIN SHËNGJIN 4 5 OROSH REPS 15 6 SELITË KURBNESH 8 7 MILOT MILOT 13 8 KARTRAT BAJZË 12 9 KËRRABË KËRRABË 2 10 BYTYÇ KAM 12
Source: our elaboration.
Tab. 5.7: Resident population by region NUTS 3 and by urban-rural (Administrative definition)
Urban Rural % Urban No Region name Population population population 1 BERAT 61,403 80,557 43.3 2 DIBËR 34,754 102,308 25.4
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 25 Urban Rural % Urban No Region name Population population population 3 DURRËS 149,199 114,488 56.6 4 ELBASAN 112,267 184,589 37.8 5 FIER 112,855 199,865 36.1 6 GJIROKASTËR 36,567 37,287 49.5 7 KORÇË 87,791 133,116 39.7 8 KUKËS 26,772 58,655 31.3 9 LEZHË 49,896 85,217 36.9 10 SHKODËR 90,743 125,332 42.0 11 TIRANË 478,127 278,801 63.2 12 VLORË 106,906 74,482 58.9 Total 1,347,280 1,474,697 47.7
Source: 2011 population and housing census of Albania.
5.2 Definition and classification by grid at regional level The new EU typology for EU NUTS 3 regions is based on two main criteria for the classification of urban and rural areas: 1) grid cells of 1 km² inhabited by at least 300 people (population density); 2) grouped grid cells identified as above comprised by at least 5,000 people. Those grouped grid cells demarcate the urban areas and the urban population is identified as the population living in those urban areas. The rural population is the population not living in urban areas defined as described above. The grid cells with more than 300 people per km² are grouped based on contiguity, including diagonals, and cells below the density threshold of 300 people which are surrounded by other cells above the density threshold, are also included in the urban areas if the group contain more than 5,000 people (Figure 5.1).
FigureFig. 5.1: 5.1 Group Group of contiguous of contiguous grid cells grid cells
1 2 3 Cell above density threshold (300 inh/km²)
4 Cell below5 density threshold (300 inh/km²)
6 7 8
According to this methodology, in 2010, 68 % of the EU-27 population lived in urban areas, while 32 % in urban areas. The urban population is about 5 % higher as compared to the EU-27 population calculated through the OECD methodology. The same criteria were applied to the territory of Albania for the classification of the statistical regions NUTS level 3, using the population grid constructed as described in chapter 4 of this publication. Figure 5.2 shows the cells with a population density greater than 300 inhabitants per Km².
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Figure 5.2: Grid cells with at least 300 inhabitants per Km²
Bajram Curri
Krumë
Koplik Kukës
Shkodër Pukë
Rrëshen Lezhë Peshkopi
Laç Burrel
Bulqizë Krujë
Tiranë Durrës Librazhd Kavajë Elbasan
Peqin Pogradec Lushnje Gramsh
Kuçovë Bilisht Fier Berat Korçë
Ballsh Çorovodë
Vlorë Ersekë
Tepelenë Përmet
Gjirokastër
Delvinë
Main city (based on Albanian law) Sarandë Grid cell 1 km² Grid cell with at least 300 inhabitants
30 km
Source: INSTAT © INSTAT, 2014 Coordinate System: ETRS 1989 LAEA Source: our elaboration. The number of grid cells with at least 300 inhabitants is 1,574. These cells were then grouped on the basis of contiguity, including the diagonals as shown in Figure 5.1. The outcome was a total number of 575 groups of contiguous cells with at least 300 inhabitants. Among those 575 groups, were selected the groups with a population above 5,000 people, using specific and consecutive GIS functions. The result was the definition of a total number of 37 groups of cells. According to the EU new typology, those 37 groups of grid cells (Urban clusters) identify the urban areas in Albania, and its urban population
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 27 (Figure 5.3). All the remaining grid cells with a population less than 300 people are considered as rural areas. The census urban population (including refusals) calculated with this methodology is 1,642,359 (58.2%), and the rural population is 1,179,618 (41.8%). These figures show important differences in comparison to the census urban-rural population obtained taking into consideration the administrative definition of urban-rural areas. The difference, in relation to the administrative percentage of the urban population, exceeds 10 percent.
Figure 5.3: Urban clusters in Albania
Bajram Curri
Krumë
Koplik Kukës
Shkodër Pukë
Rrëshen Lezhë Peshkopi
Laç Burrel
Bulqizë Krujë
Tiranë Durrës Librazhd Kavajë Elbasan
Peqin Pogradec Lushnje Gramsh
Kuçovë Bilisht Fier Berat Korçë
Ballsh Çorovodë
Vlorë Ersekë
Tepelenë Përmet
Gjirokastër
Delvinë
Main city (based on Albanian law) Sarandë Grid cell 1 km² Gruped grid cells with at least 300 inhabitants
30 km
Source: INSTAT © INSTAT, 2014 Coordinate System: ETRS 1989 LAEA
The urban and rural areas of Albania defined in such way were then used to classify Albanian statistical regions NUTS 3. Each of the 37 urban clusters were combined with the existing administrative and geographic units of Albania. The first step was to overlap urban clusters with the polygons representing, approximately, the boundaries of communes and municipalities. Figure 5.4 shows an example of this operation for the area of Tirana.
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Figure 5.4: Urban cluster of Tirana before and after overlapping grid clusters and administrative boundaries
KRUJË KRUJË CUDHI CUDHI FUSHË FUSHË BUBQ KRUJË BUBQ KRUJË
NIKËL ZALL-BASTAR NIKËL ZALL-BASTAR
ZALL-HERR ZALL-HERR PREZË PREZË
BËRXULLË KAMËZ BËRXULLË KAMËZ
VORË PASKUQAN VORË PASKUQAN
KASHAR KASHAR DAJT DAJT TIRANË TIRANË
FARKË FARKË
GJEPALAJ GJEPALAJ VAQARR VAQARR
NDROQ NDROQ PETRELË PETRELË
PEZË PEZË BALDUSHK BALDUSHK
Municipality / commune boundary 6 km Coordinate System: ETRS 1989 LAEA Urban cluster of Tirana
The second step consisted in using GIS functions for identifying the positioning of the housing units (were households reside) in the grid cells placed across the boundaries of communes and municipalities. This allowed for an exact calculation of the urban-rural population for each commune and municipality, with the errors derived from their approximate size and their boundaries positioning.
The third step consisted in district and regional levels groupings of the population of communes and municipalities calculated through the methods described above. The commune layer contains the unique ID of prefecture and districts ID layer. The aggregation of these two last levels was based on these fields. This operation was furthermore carried out with GIS functions, using the common ID fields in the “Dissolve” GIS tool (Figure 5.5). Data at District level was calculated as a quality control for the definition of urban-rural population at regional level. Figure 5.6 shows the urban areas in Albania at regional level, and Tab. 5.8 the urban population by regions obtained using the grid approach. Fig. 5.5: Aggregation of urban clusters at district and Qark (Prefecture) levels Figure 5.5: Aggregationusing GIS tools of urban clusters at district and Qark (Prefecture) levels using GIS tools
Source: our elaboration.Source: our elaboration.
Fig. 5.6: Urban areas in Albania by NUTS 3 regions (Qarks or Prefectures)A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 29
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Figure 5.6: Urban areas in Albania by NUTS 3 regions
Bajram Curri
Krumë
Koplik Kukës
Shkodër Pukë
Rrëshen Lezhë Peshkopi
Laç Burrel
Bulqizë Krujë
Tiranë Durrës Librazhd Kavajë Elbasan
Peqin Pogradec Lushnje Gramsh
Kuçovë Bilisht Fier Berat Korçë
Ballsh Çorovodë
Vlorë Ersekë
Tepelenë Përmet
Gjirokastër
Region boundary Delvinë
Main city (based on Albanian law) Sarandë Grid cell 1 km² Urban area
30 km
Source: INSTAT © INSTAT, 2014 Coordinate System: ETRS 1989 LAEA
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Tab. 5.8: Grid-based urban population by regions NUTS 3 in Albania
Urban Rural % Urban No Region name Population population population
1 BERAT 60,240 81,720 42.4 2 DIBËR 37,168 99,894 27.1 3 DURRËS 198,749 64,938 75.4 4 ELBASAN 132,536 164,320 44.6 5 FIER 130,845 181,875 41.8 6 GJIROKASTËR 27,220 46,634 36.9 7 KORÇË 107,112 113,795 48.5 8 KUKËS 21,325 64,102 25.0 9 LEZHË 51,034 84,079 37.8 10 SHKODËR 105,765 110,310 48.9 11 TIRANË 670,553 86,375 88.6 12 VLORË 99,812 81,576 55.0 To t 1,642,359 1,179,618 58.2
Source: our elaboration. According to these figures and based on the new EU typology for statistical regions NUTS 3, only the region of Tiranë is an urban one (or predominantly urban region), where rural population is less than 20 % of the total population. The regions of Durrës and Vlorë are classified as intermediate regions with the rural population between 20 % and 50 % of the total population. All the remaining 9 NUTS 3 regions are rural regions (or predominantly rural regions), where the rural population is 50 % or more of the total population (Figure 5.7 and Tab. 5.9).
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 31 Figure 5.7: NUTS 3 regions of Albania by urban-rural typology
Bajram Curri
Krumë
Koplik Kukës
Shkodër Pukë
Rrëshen Lezhë Peshkopi
Laç Burrel
Bulqizë Krujë
Tiranë Durrës Librazhd Kavajë Elbasan
Peqin Pogradec Lushnje Gramsh
Kuçovë Bilisht Fier Berat Korçë
Ballsh Çorovodë
Vlorë Ersekë
Tepelenë Përmet
Gjirokastër Region boundary Main city (based on Albanian low) Delvinë Regions (NUTS 3) Sarandë Predominantly urban regions (rural population is less than 20 % of the total population) Intermediate regions (rural population is between 20 % and 50 % of total population) Predominantly rural regions (rural population is 50 % or more of total population) 30 km
Source: INSTAT © INSTAT, 2014 Coordinate System: ETRS 1989 LAEA
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Tab. 5.9: NUTS 3 in Albania by urban-rural typology
No Prefecture Category % of rural pop 1 BERAT PR 57.6 2 DIBËR PR 72.9 3 DURRËS IN 24.7 4 ELBASAN PR 55.5 5 FIER PR 58.4 6 GJIROKASTËR PR 62.2 7 KORÇË PR 51.6 8 KUKËS PR 75.1 9 LEZHË PR 62.4 10 SHKODËR PR 51.1 11 TIRANË PU 11.5 12 VLORË IN 43.9
Source: our elaboration. PU = predominantly urban: IN = intermediate: PR = predominantly rural
5.3 Definition and classification by grid at city level The new OECD-EC definition of cities (Dijkstra, 2012) was established in 2011 by OECD and the European Commission to ensure statistical comparability among EU, EFTA and accession countries. The definition is based on population count and density. The methodological criteria for this classification are subject to four subsequent steps: 1. all grid cells of 1 km² with a population density of more than 1,500 inhabitants (high-density cells) are first selected. 2. the contiguous high-density cells are then grouped. The groups with a minimum population of 50,000 inhabitants are identified as “urban centres”. Contiguous high-density cells include cell gaps if at least five out of the eight cells surrounding a high-density cell are also high-density cells (Figure 5.8). Diagonal cells (i.e. cells with only the corners touching) are not included. 3. Local administrative units (LAU2) with at least half of their population inside the urban centre are also selected to be part of the city. 4. A city is then defined ensuring that a) there is a link to the political level (e.g. presence of a Local Government Unit), b) that at least 50 % of the overall city population lives in an urban centre and c) that at least 75 % of the population of the urban centre lives in a city. A further and optional step is the definition of a “Large Urban Zone” which consists of the city and its commuting zone. However, since this would involve a detailed analysis of employment data for the high-density cells and the identification of “functional areas” in Albania, this study does not include this additional step.
Figure 5.8: Group of contiguous high-density grid cells
1 2 3 Cells above density threshold (1,500 inhab)
4 Cell5 below density threshold (1,500 inhab)
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 33 The OECD-EC approach, classify cities (as defined above) according to the number of inhabitants of Urban Centres:
S between 50,000 and 100,000 M between 100,000 and 250,000 L between 250,000 and 500,000 XL between 500,000 and 1,000,000 XXL between 1,000,000 and 5,000,000 Global city of more than 5,000,000 The definition and classification of the cities in Albania followed the methodology explained above.
1. From the 1 km² population grid of Albania, were selected the 266 cells, out of 29,197, with more than 1,500 inhabitants. (Fig 5.9).
Figure 5.9: High-density grids in the areas of Tirana and Durres
KODËR THUMANË CUDHI ISHËM KRUJË
BUBQ FUSHË KRUJË
NIKËL ZALL BASTAR
MANËZ ZALL HERR SUKTH PREZË
BËRXULLË KAMËZ DAJT KATUND I RI MAMINAS VORË PASKUQAN
KASHAR TIRANË XHAFZOTAJ SHIJAK
FARKË DURRËS GJEPALAJ VAQARR
RRASHBULL PETRELË NDROQ
GOLEM PEZË BALDUSHK
HELMËS
SYNEJ KAVAJË
7 km Municipality / commune boundary Coordinate System: ETRS 1989 LAEA
Grid cell with at least 1500 inhabitants
Grid cell 1 km²
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2. The contiguous high-density cells were then grouped, gaps filled, and only groups of cells with a minimum population of 50,000 inhabitants were selected and defined as “Urban centres” (Figure 5.10). The total population living in the 5 Urban Centres of Albania is 907,846.
Figure 5.10: Grouped high-density cells of the cities of Tiranë and Durrës
KODËR THUMANË CUDHI ISHËM KRUJË
BUBQ FUSHË KRUJË
NIKËL ZALL BASTAR
MANËZ ZALL HERR SUKTH PREZË
BËRXULLË KAMËZ DAJT KATUND I RI MAMINAS VORË PASKUQAN
KASHAR TIRANË XHAFZOTAJ SHIJAK
FARKË DURRËS GJEPALAJ VAQARR
RRASHBULL PETRELË NDROQ
GOLEM PEZË BALDUSHK
HELMËS
SYNEJ KAVAJË
7 km Municipality / commune boundary Coordinate System: ETRS 1989 LAEA
Urban cluster (contiguous grid cells of a minimum population of 50000)
Grid cell 1 km²
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 35 Figure 5.11: Communes and municipalities around the Urban Centres of Albania
Tiranë Municipality / commune boundary CUDHI FUSHË KRUJË XIBËR Urban Audit city (that at least 50 % of city the population lives in NIKËL an urban centre and that at least 75 % of the population of the urban ZALL BASTAR centre lives in a city) PREZË ZALL HERR Local units (less than 50 % of the population in urban Audit city) BËRXULLË KAMËZ Urban center (a cluster of PASKUQAN contiguous grid cells of 1 km² VORË with a density of at least 1,500 KASHAR inhabitants per km² and a DAJT TIRANË minimum population of 50,000)
FARKË Source: INSTAT
VAQARR 5 km PETRELË Coordinate System: ETRS 1989 LAEA NDROQ BËRZHITË PEZË © INSTAT, 2014 BALDUSHK
Shkodër Durrës
KATUND I RI GRUEMIRË VORË SUKTH MAMINAS POSTRIBË RRETHINAT XHAFZOTAJ SHIJAK
DURRËS GJEPALAJ
SHKODËR
RRASHBULL GURI I ZI RRETHINAT ANA E MALIT NDROQ BËRDICË BUSHAT GOLEM
Vlorë Elbasan
FUNARË
QENDËR SHUSHICË ARMEN LABINOT FUSHË
BRADASHESH POLIS
ELBASAN VLLAHINË SHUSHICË VLORË
SHIRGJAN KOTE
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3. The communes and municipalities with at least 50 % of their population living within an Urban Centre were selected to form a city. The areas of the five Urban Centres are partially overlapping a total of 17 communes and municipalities, but only 10 of them have at least half of their population who lives inside one of the five Urban Centres Tab 5.11). Therefore, only those 10 communes and municipalities can be considered part of the cities, as defined by the OECD- EC definition.
Tab. 5.10: Communes and municipalities with more than 50 % of their population inside Urban Centres
% Urban population No. Municipalty/Commune in Urban Centres 1 DAJT 61.5 2 DURRËS 91.3 3 ELBASAN 92.2 4 FARKË 61.1 5 KAMËZ 89.9 6 KASHAR 79.2 7 PASKUQAN 94.8 8 SHKODËR 90.6 9 TIRANË 99.3 10 VLORË 91.1
4. The selected communes and municipalities of the 5 Urban Centres were then grouped to form single areas defined as cities: Tiranë, Durrës, Elbasan, Shkodër and Vlorë. All of them have the presence of a local government, have more than 50 % of the population in the Urban Centre, and their Urban Centres contain more than 75 % of the city population. Figure 5.12, 5.13, 5.14, 5.15, and 5.16 shows the 5 cities of Albania, which can be defined also as “Urban Audit Cities”. The map indicates also the Urban Clusters and their population, considered entirely urban.
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 37 Figure 5.12: Urban audit city and urban centre of Tiranë XIBËR SHËNGJERGJ ZALL BASTAR ZALL DAJT PETRELË FARKË TIRANË PASKUQAN ZALL HERR ZALL VAQARR KAMËZ Municipality / commune boundary High-density cluster (581,863 inhabitants) Urban audit city (616,140 inhabitants) KASHAR NIKËL FUSHË KRUJË BËRXULLË 4 km NDROQ Coordinate System: ETRS 1989 LAEA Source: INSTAT VORË ¯ BUBQ PREZË
© INSTAT, 2014 GJEPALAJ MAMINAS
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Figure 5.13: Urban audit city and urban centre of Durrës
BUBQ
PREZË MANËZ
SUKTH
VORË
KATUND I RI
MAMINAS
XHAFZOTAJ SHIJAK
DURRËS GJEPALAJ
RRASHBULL
NDROQ
GOLEM
Municipality / commune boundary 4 km Coordinate System: ETRS 1989 LAEA High-density cluster (107,698 inhabitants) ¯ Urban audit city (113,951 inhabitants)
Source: INSTAT © INSTAT, 2014
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 39 Figure 5.14: Urban audit city and urban centre of Vlorë
NOVOSELË CAKRAN
SELENICË
SHUSHICË
QENDËR ARMEN
QENDËR VLLAHINË VLORË
KOTE
ORIKUM
Municipality / commune boundary 4 km Coordinate System: ETRS 1989 LAEA High-density cluster (72,689 inhabitants) ¯ Urban audit city (80,351 inhabitants)
Source: INSTAT © INSTAT, 2014
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Figure 5.15: Urban audit city and urban centre of Shkodër
KOPLIK SHKREL
PULT QENDËR
QENDËR
GRUEMIRË
POSTRIBË
RRETHINAT
SHKODËR
GURI I ZI
RRETHINAT
ANA E MALIT
BËRDICË
BUSHAT
HAJMEL DAJÇ
Municipality / commune boundary 4 km Coordinate System: ETRS 1989 LAEA High-density cluster (72,746 inhabitants) ¯ Urban audit city (77,501 inhabitants)
Source: INSTAT © INSTAT, 2014
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 41 Figure 5.16: Urban audit city and urban centre of Elbasan
LABINOT MAL FUNARË
GRACEN LABINOT FUSHË
POLIS BRADASHESH ELBASAN
SHUSHICË
PAPËR SHIRGJAN
GJERGJAN GJINAR CËRRIK
TREGAN
GOSTIMË
SHALËS
Municipality / commune boundary 4 km Coordinate System: ETRS 1989 LAEA High-density cluster (72,850 inhabitants) ¯ Urban audit city (79,516 inhabitants)
Source: INSTAT © INSTAT, 2014
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This classification shows that Tiranë, the capital of Albania, has a considerable larger population in comparison with the population living inside its administrative boundary, from 424,899 to 616,140 inhabitants. According to the number of inhabitants of Urban Centres, and on the basis of the scale proposed by OECD-EC, only Tiranë is a “XL” city (population between 500.000 and 1,000,000); only Durrës is a “medium” city (population between 100,000 and 200,000); and Elbasan, Shkodër and Vlorë, considered as small cities (between 50,000 and 100,000).
5.4 Definition and classification by grid at sub-regional level The new urban-rural classification of the territory of the EU countries at sub-regional level is based on Local Administrative Units level 2, such as municipalities, communes, local authorities. However, the new classification considers as basic units of classification 1 km² grid cells, instead of LAU2 itself as it was in the previous methodological approach (OECD, 2011 and Jonard et al., 2009). The new approach ensure, also for this territorial level, a more accurate information and comparability in terms of degree of urbanisation of the local units. The concept of degree of urbanisation was first used in 1991 to classify areas according to their population densities. It was based on the population size and density, and contiguity of local administrative units level 2. As this method was based on LAU2s which vary considerably in area size among the EU countries, it was difficult to ensure comparability between countries with large LAU2s and small LAU2s. The new degree of urbanisation (DEGURBA) has been approved by Eurostat in 2011 and applied to the EU local administrative units. It is yearly updated to take into account the possible changes in the LAU boundaries131. It classify LAU2s into the following three categories: 1. Densely populated areas (cities or large urban areas): at least 50 % of the population lives in high-density clusters 2. Intermediate density areas (towns and suburbs or small urban areas): less than 50 % of the population lives in rural grid cells and less than 50 % lives in high-density clusters 3. Thinly populated areas (rural areas): more than 50 % of the population lives in rural grid cells.
In Albania, communes and municipalities correspond to LAU2s in EU countries, and they vary also considerably in size and population. Small size municipalities are generally high-density populated places, while large size communes are usually scarcely populated, and of rural characteristics. Therefore, the new EU approach of LAU2 classification based on 1 km² population grid seems also appropriate for the country, allowing comparability of Albania with EU countries also at the very local territorial level. The methods used to classify all the 373 communes and municipalities of Albania according to their degree of urbanisation followed the same steps used to classify the local units of EU countries.
1. Densely-populated areas (Cities): As described in sub-chapter 5.3, high-density clusters, or urban clusters, were identified by selecting and grouping grid cells with a population density above 1,500 inhabitants per km², and by selecting the groups with a population more than 50,000 inhabitants. The results was the identification of 5 urban clusters in the country, and a total of 10 municipalities and communes with at least 50 % of the population living in the 5 high-density clusters, or urban clusters. The 10 local administrative units which constitutes densely-populated areas in Albania are: - Tiranë, Dajt, Kamëz, Kashar, Paskuqan, and Farkë which form the city of Tiranë (Audit city) - Durrës which form the city of Durrës (Audit city) - Elbasan which form the city of Elbasan (Audit city) - Shkodër which form the city of Shkodër (Audit city) - Vlorë, which form the city of Vlorë (Audit city). Those densely-populated areas include a total population of 976,459, according to census figures of 1 October 2011.
2. Intermediate density areas: The two criteria to identify intermediate density areas, have been already described in the sub-chapters 5.2 and 5.3 of this publication. Rural grid cells are the cells not included in the urban clusters as defined in sub-chapter 5.2, while in sub-chapter 5.3 have been identified the local units where less than 50 % of the population live in high-density clusters or urban centres. From the analysis, emerged that in Albania there are in total 57 communes and municipalities classified 1 http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/miscellaneous/index.cfm?TargetUrl=DSP_DEGURBA
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 43 as “Intermediate density areas”. The total population living in those areas is of 730,339.
3. Thinly-populated areas: The remaining 306 communes and municipalities are classified as “thinly-populated areas”, since more than 50 % of their population lives in rural grid cells. Therefore, the rural population is 1,124,179. Figure 5.17 shows the degree of urbanisation in the country at the territorial level corresponding to the EU classification LAU2. Annex 1 provides the full list of communes and municipalities by urban, intermediate and rural typology.
Figure 5.17: Communes and municipalities of Albania by urban-rural EU typology
Bajram Curri
Krumë
Koplik Kukës
Shkodër Pukë
Rrëshen Lezhë Peshkopi
Laç Burrel
Bulqizë Krujë
Tiranë Durrës Librazhd Kavajë Elbasan
Peqin Pogradec Lushnje Gramsh
Kuçovë Bilisht Fier Berat Korçë
Ballsh Çorovodë
Vlorë Ersekë
Tepelenë Përmet
Gjirokastër Local unit boundary Main city (based on Albanian law) Delvinë Degree of urbanization (LAU 2) Sarandë Densely-populated area (more than 50 % of the population lives in high-density clusters) Intermediate density area (less than 50 % of the population lives in rural grid cells and less than 50 % of the population lives in high-density clusters) Thinly-populated area (more than 50 % of the population lives in rural grid cells) 30 km Source: INSTAT © INSTAT, 2014 Coordinate System: ETRS 1989 LAEA
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6. Main findings and conclusions
The main results of the analysis conducted in this study show that when an appropriate classification of urban and rural population (and areas) is applied, figures are very different in comparison to the classification based on laws and administrative entities. This result is not only evident at national level, but at sub-regional and local levels as well. Annex 2 shows percent differences of the urban and rural population of Albania classified using the administrative and statistical grid-based approach. Data is presented at regional, district and local unit levels, using census data as source of data for both classifications. The percentage of urban population of most communes and municipalities is very different between the two classifications, and this is reflected at the levels of districts and regions. Therefore, the calculation of statistical indicators by urban and rural modalities may provide to users erroneous information if based on the administrative classification, less at district and regional levels, more at the level of local units. Furthermore to the introduction in Albania for the first time of a new urban/rural classification based on the grid approach, the other main findings of this study can be summarised as follows: 1. In October 2011, the urban population of Albania was 58.2% of the total population, as defined by the new EU typology. Its value is more than 10% higher than the urban population defined according to administrative cri- teria (cities defined by laws), 47.7 %. 2. Only 5 urban areas have the status of “city” as defined by the new OECD-EC definition of cities. They are: Tiranë, Durrës, Shkodër, Elbasan, Vlorë. The city of Tiranë includes the municipality of Tiranë and 5 other local units: Dajti, Farka, Paskuqan, Kamëz, and Kashar. 3. The total number of urban clusters in the country, which identify the urban areas, are 37 (groups of contiguous cells containing at least 5,000 inhabitants), while by Albanian laws the urban areas are 74. This means that many of them are not urban areas according to the new EU definition (e.g. Tepelenë, Ersekë, Koplik). 4. According to the new EU method to measure the degree of urbanisation of local administrative units, in Albania there are only 10 local units classified as urban (Densely-populated areas); 57 are intermediate density areas, and 306 are rural local units (Thinly populated areas). 5. Albanian statistical regions NUTS level 3 have been classified according to the new EU urban-rural typology. Only Tiranë region is “predominantly urban”. Durrës and Vlorë regions are “intermediate”. The other Albanian regions are “predominantly rural”. The analysis and findings presented in this publication are based on the data derived from the 2011 population and housing census of Albania, conducted in October 2011. The reference date was 1st October. Like any other major statistical operation, census data is affected by errors which were measured with a post enumeration survey to evaluate the undercount and data quality (INSTAT, 2012). Therefore, the reported numbers and percentages may not reflect exactly the current share of urban and rural population in Albania. Moreover, an important aspect to bear in mind while considering the results of such investigation, is the approximate size and unclear delineation of the boundaries of local administrative units in Albania, which may have slightly hampered the identification of the Urban Centres for city definition, and the classification of the degree of urbanisation for the Albanian communes and municipalities, or the classification of the Albanian regions NUTS3. With the limitations expressed above, the authors believe that the outcomes of this analysis are reliable, and that they can be used, for instance, for comparability of regional statistics with EU countries, and in the next future to improve the sampling frame for future statistical surveys in Albania, in particular for the Labour Force Survey (LFS), as recommended by the Eurostat Labour Market Working Group. The typology of clusters defined for Albania (High-density clusters, urban clusters, rural grid cells) has been also compared with other European countries, and were found similar values. Indeed, the same situation was observed in terms of comparability of the degree of urbanisation and for the urban-rural typology of NUTS3 regions (Tab. 6.1). A similar conclusion can be drawn looking at the Figure 6.1, where the whole territory of Albania is classified based on high-density clusters, urban clusters, and rural grid cells. This comparability shows, overall, similar patterns of Albania with other European countries.
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 45 Tab. 6.1: Population by urban-rural typology for EU, EFTA, Croatia and Albania, in % (1)
Type of cluster Degree of urbanisation Urban-rural typology (contiguous grid cells of 1 km²) (LAU level 2 areas) (NUTS level 3 regions) Inter- Predomi- Predomi- High- Rural Densely- Thinly- Inter- Urban mediate nantly nantly density grid populated populated mediate clusters density urban rural clusters cells areas areas regions areas regions regions EU-27 35 32 33 40 31 28 42 35 23 Belgium 25 53 22 26 57 17 67 24 9 Bulgaria 35 26 39 43 23 34 16 45 39 Czech Republic 22 36 42 30 33 37 23 44 33 Denmark 24 31 45 34 21 46 21 49 30 Germany 31 41 28 34 42 24 43 40 17 Estonia 32 29 39 41 17 42 39 13 48 Ireland 27 20 53 34 22 44 28 0 72 Greece 46 15 39 37 25 38 46 10 43 Spain 43 25 32 50 23 27 59 34 8 France 35 27 38 45 22 32 35 35 30 Italy 31 38 31 33 42 25 35 45 20 Cyprus 44 27 29 54 20 27 0 100 0 Latvia 35 25 40 43 19 37 48 13 39 Lithuania 32 12 56 41 7 52 25 31 44 Luxembourg 16 44 40 18 37 45 0 100 0 Hungary 24 33 43 29 35 35 17 35 48 Malta 64 25 11 50 42 8 100 0 0 Netherlands 42 36 22 44 41 15 67 32 1 Austria 29 28 43 30 29 41 34 21 45 Poland 28 28 44 35 24 40 28 38 33 Portugal 28 33 39 43 29 28 48 17 35 Romania 30 21 49 33 22 44 10 44 46 Slovenia 15 25 60 18 32 50 0 55 45 Slovakia 17 35 48 21 36 43 11 38 50 Finland 17 35 48 34 28 38 28 31 42 Sweden 23 30 47 38 31 30 21 62 17 United Kingdom 54 30 16 57 29 14 73 24 3 Iceland 36 35 29 63 19 18 62 0 38 Liechtenstein : : : : : : 0 0 100 Norway 20 37 42 25 34 40 22 47 31 Switzerland 29 46 25 27 49 24 38 55 7 Croatia 24 23 53 27 28 45 18 25 57 Albania 32 26 42 34 26 40 27 16 58
Sources: Eurostat, JRC, EFGS, REGIO-GIS 2011 Albania: INSTAT
1 Estimation based on 2006 density grid, LAU 2011 delineation, NUTS 2010 Albania: 2011 population and housing census
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Figure 6.1: Typology of clusters in Albania
Bajram Curri
Krumë
Koplik Kukës
Shkodër Pukë
Rrëshen Lezhë Peshkopi
Laç Burrel
Bulqizë Krujë
Tiranë Durrës Librazhd Kavajë Elbasan
Peqin Pogradec Lushnje Gramsh
Kuçovë Bilisht Fier Berat Korçë
Ballsh Çorovodë
Vlorë Ersekë
Tepelenë Përmet
Albanian boundary Gjirokastër Main city (based on Albanian law)
High-density clusters (a cluster of contiguous grid cells of 1 km² with a density of Delvinë at least 1,500 inhabitants per km² and a minimum population of 50,000) Sarandë Urban clusters (a cluster of contiguous grid cells of 1 km² with a density of at least 300 inhabitants per km² and a minimum population of 5,000) Rural grid cells (grid cells of 1 km² outside urban and high-density clusters) 30 km
Source: INSTAT © INSTAT, 2014 Coordinate System: ETRS 1989 LAEA
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Annexes
Annex 1. Local administrative units by degree of urbanisation
Local administrative Densely Thinly Intermediate Region (Qark) District unit (commune/ populated populated density areas municipality) areas areas Total: 10 Total: 57 Total: 306 BERAT x KUTALLI x LUMAS x VELABISHT x OTLLAK x POSHNJË x BERAT ROSHNIK x SINJË x TERPAN x URA VAJGURORE x VERTOP x CUKALAT x BERAT KOZARE x KUÇOVË KUÇOVË x PERONDI x BOGOVË x ÇEPAN x ÇOROVODË x GJERBËS x LESHNJË x SKRAPAR POLIÇAN x POTOM x QENDËR x VENDRESHË x ZHEPË x BULQIZË x FUSHË BULQIZË x GJORICË x TREBISHT x DIBËR BULQIZË OSTREN x SHUPENZË x ZERQAN x MARTANESH x
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 49 Local administrative Densely Thinly Intermediate Region (Qark) District unit (commune/ populated populated density areas municipality) areas areas ARRAS x FUSHË-ÇIDHËN x KALA E DODËS x KASTRIOT x LURË x MAQELLARË x MELAN x DIBËR FUSHË MUHUR x PESHKOPI x QENDËR TOMIN x SELISHTË x SLLOVË x ZALL DARDHË x DIBËR ZALL REÇ x LUZNI x BAZ x DERJAN x GURRË x KLOS x KOMSI x LIS x MAT MACUKULL x BURREL x RUKAJ x SUÇ x ULËZ x XIBËR x DURRËS x GJEPALAJ x ISHËM x KATUND I RI x MAMINAS x DURRËS MANËZ x RRASHBULL x SHIJAK x DURRËS SUKTH x XHAFZOTAJ x BUBQ x CUDHI x FUSHË KRUJË x KRUJË KODËR THUMANË x KRUJË x NIKËL x
50 A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population Annexes
Local administrative Densely Thinly Intermediate Region (Qark) District unit (commune/ populated populated density areas municipality) areas areas BELSH x BRADASHESH x CËRRIK x ELBASAN x FIERZË x FUNARË x GJERGJAN x GJINAR x GOSTIMË x GRACEN x GREKAN x ELBASAN KAJAN x KLOS x LABINOT FUSHË x LABINOT MAL x MOLLAS x PAPËR x RRASË x SHALËS x SHIRGJAN x SHUSHICË x ELBASAN TREGAN x ZAVALIN x GRAMSH x KODOVJAT x KUSHOVË x LENIE x PISHAJ x GRAMSH POROÇAN x SKËNDERBEGAS x KUKUR x SULT x TUNJË x HOTOLISHT x LIBRAZHD x LUNIK x ORENJË x LIBRAZHD PËRRENJAS x POLIS x QENDËR x QUKËS x STËBLEVË x
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 51 Local administrative Densely Thinly Intermediate Region (Qark) District unit (commune/ populated populated density areas municipality) areas areas STRAVAJ x LIBRAZHD RRAJCË x GJOCAJ x KARINË x ELBASAN PAJOVË x PEQIN PEQIN x PËRPARIM x SHEZË x CAKRAN x DERMENAS x FIER x FRAKULL x RUZHDIE x KUMAN x KURJAN x LEVAN x FIER LIBOFSHË x MBROSTAR x PATOS x PORTËZ x QENDËR x ROSKOVEC x STRUM x TOPOJË x FIER ZHARRËS x ALLKAJ x BALLAGAT x BUBULLIMË x DIVJAKË x DUSHK x FIERSHEGAN x GOLEM x GRABIAN x LUSHNJE GRADISHTË x HYSGJOKAJ x KARBUNARË x KOLONJË x KRUTJE x LUSHNJE x RREMAS x TËRBUF x
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Local administrative Densely Thinly Intermediate Region (Qark) District unit (commune/ populated populated density areas municipality) areas areas ARANITAS x BALLSH x FRATAR x GRESHICË x FIER MALLAKASTËR HEKAL x KUTË x NGRAÇAN x QENDËR x SELITË x ANTIGONË x CEPO x DROPULL I POSHTËM x DROPULL I SIPËRM x GJIROKASTËR x LAZARAT x GJIROKASTËR LIBOHOVË x LUNXHËRI x ODRIE x PICAR x POGON x QENDËR LIBOHOVË x ZAGORI x BALLABAN x ÇARÇOVË x FRASHËR x GJIROKASTËR KËLCYRË x PËRMET PËRMET x QENDËR x SUKË x DISHNICË x PETRAN x BUZ x FSHAT MEMALIAJ x KRAHËS x KURVELESH x LOPËS x TEPELENË LUFTINJË x MEMALIAJ x QENDËR x QESARAT x TEPELENË x
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 53 Local administrative Densely Thinly Intermediate Region (Qark) District unit (commune/ populated populated density areas municipality) areas areas BILISHT x QENDËR BILISHT x DEVOLL MIRAS x HOÇISHT x PROGËR x BARMASH x ÇLIRIM x ERSEKË x LESKOVIK x KOLONJË LESKOVIK x MOLLAS x NOVOSELË x QENDËR x DRENOVË x GORË x KORÇË x LEKAS x LIBONIK x KORÇË LIQENAS x MALIQ x MOGLICË x KORÇË MOLLAJ x PIRG x POJAN x QENDËR x VITHKUQ x VOSKOP x VOSKOPOJË x VRESHTAS x BUÇIMAS x ÇËRRAVË x DARDHAS x POGRADEC x POGRADEC PROPTISHT x TREBINJË x HUDENISHT x VELÇAN x
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Local administrative Densely Thinly Intermediate Region (Qark) District unit (commune/ populated populated density areas municipality) areas areas FAJZA x GOLAJ x HAS GJINAJ x KRUMË x ARRËN x BICAJ x BUSHTRICË x KOLSH x KUKËS x MALZI x ZAPOD x KUKËS SHISHTAVEC x SHTIQËN x KUKËS SURROJ x TËRTHORE x TOPOJAN x UJËMISHT x GRYKË ÇAJË x KALIS x BAJRAM CURRI x BUJAN x BYTYÇ x FIERZË x TROPOJË LEKBIBAJ x LLUGAJ x MARGEGAJ x TROPOJË x FUSHË KUQE x LAÇ x KURBIN MAMURRAS x MILOT x BALLDREN I RI x BLINISHT x DAJÇ x LEZHË KALLMET x KOLÇ x LEZHË LEZHË x SHËNGJIN x SHËNKOLL x UNGREJ x ZEJMEN x
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 55 Local administrative Densely Thinly Intermediate Region (Qark) District unit (commune/ populated populated density areas municipality) areas areas FAN x KAÇINAR x KTHJELLË x LEZHË MIRDITË OROSH x RRËSHEN x RUBIK x SELITË x GRUEMIRË x KASTRAT x MALËSI E KELMEND x MADHE KOPLIK x QENDËR x SHKREL x BLERIM x FIERZË x FUSHË ARRËZ x GJEGJAN x IBALLË x PUKË PUKË x QELËZ x QERRET x QAFË MALI x RRAPË x SHKODËR ANA E MALIT x BËRDICË x BUSHAT x DAJÇ x GURI I ZI x HAJMEL x VAU I DEJËS x POSTRIBË x SHKODËR PULT x RRETHINAT x SHALË x SHKODËR x SHLLAK x SHOSH x VELIPOJË x VIG-MNELË x TEMAL x
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Local administrative Densely Thinly Intermediate Region (Qark) District unit (commune/ populated populated density areas municipality) areas areas GOLEM x GOSË x HELMËS x KAVAJË x KRYEVIDH x KAVAJË LEKAJ x LUZ I VOGEL x RROGOZHINË x SINABALLAJ x SYNEJ x BALDUSHK x BËRXULLË x BËRZHITË x DAJT x TIRANË KAMËZ x KASHAR x NDROQ x PASKUQAN x PETRELË x TIRANË PEZË x PREZË x FARKË x SHËNGJERGJ x TIRANË x VAQARR x VORË x ZALL BASTAR x ZALL HERR x KËRRABË x DELVINË x FINIQ x MESOPOTAM x VERGO x DHIVËR x KONISPOL x VLORË DELVINË LIVADHJA x LUKOVË x SARANDË x XARRË x ALIKO x MARKAT x KSAMIL x
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 57 Local administrative Densely Thinly Intermediate Region (Qark) District unit (commune/ populated populated density areas municipality) areas areas BRATAJ x HIMARË x KOTE x NOVOSELË x ORIKUM x QENDËR x VLORË VLORË SELENICË x SEVASTER x SHUSHICË x VLLAHINË x VLORË x VRANISHT x ARMEN x
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Annex 2. Resident population in Albania by urban and rural area in %
Regions, Districts, and Local administrative units (commune/ Administrative classification Grid-based classification municipality) % Urban % Rural % Urban % Rural Total 47.7 52.3 58.2 41.8 BERAT 43.3 56.7 42.4 57.6 BERAT 41.2 58.8 39.8 60.2 BERAT 100.0 0.0 97.7 2.3 KUTALLI 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LUMAS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 VELABISHT 0.0 100.0 31.6 68.4 OTLLAK 0.0 100.0 7.5 92.5 POSHNJË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ROSHNIK 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SINJË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 TERPAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 URA VAJGURORE 53.5 46.5 0.0 100.0 VERTOP 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 CUKALAT 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KUÇOVË 46.4 53.6 77.7 22.3 KOZARE 0.0 100.0 42.2 57.8 KUÇOVË 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 PERONDI 0.0 100.0 68.6 31.4 SKRAPAR 50.1 49.9 0.0 100.0 BOGOVË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ÇEPAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ÇOROVODË 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 GJERBËS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LESHNJË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 POLIÇAN 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 POTOM 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 QENDËR 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 VENDRESHË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ZHEPË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 DIBËR 25.4 74.6 27.1 72.9 BULQIZË 26.9 73.1 22.8 77.2 BULQIZË 90.1 9.9 86.9 13.1 FUSHË BULQIZË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 GJORICË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 TREBISHT 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 OSTREN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SHUPENZË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 59 Regions, Districts, and Local administrative units (commune/ Administrative classification Grid-based classification municipality) % Urban % Rural % Urban % Rural ZERQAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 MARTANESH 56.7 43.3 0.0 100.0 DIBËR 21.5 78.5 30.8 69.2 ARRAS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 FUSHË-ÇIDHËN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KALA E DODËS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KASTRIOT 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LURË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 MAQELLARË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 MELAN 0.0 100.0 12.5 87.5 FUSHË MUHUR 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 PESHKOPI 100.0 0.0 98.5 1.5 QENDËR TOMIN 0.0 100.0 71.7 28.3 SELISHTË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SLLOVË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ZALL DARDHË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ZALL REÇ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LUZNI 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 MAT 29.6 70.4 25.1 74.9 BAZ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 DERJAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 GURRË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KLOS 22.8 77.2 0.0 100.0 KOMSI 0.0 100.0 15.1 84.9 LIS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 MACUKULL 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 BURREL 100.0 0.0 96.2 3.8 RUKAJ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SUÇ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ULËZ 35.3 64.7 0.0 100.0 XIBËR 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 DURRËS 56.6 43.4 75.4 24.6 DURRËS 64.1 35.9 80.4 19.6 DURRËS 100.0 0.0 99.4 0.6 GJEPALAJ 0.0 100.0 28.3 71.7 ISHËM 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KATUND I RI 0.0 100.0 33.9 66.1 MAMINAS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 MANËZ 43.1 56.9 0.0 100.0 RRASHBULL 0.0 100.0 87.2 12.8
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Regions, Districts, and Local administrative units (commune/ Administrative classification Grid-based classification municipality) % Urban % Rural % Urban % Rural SHIJAK 100.0 0.0 98.1 1.9 SUKTH 39.2 60.8 49.5 50.5 XHAFZOTAJ 0.0 100.0 78.9 21.1 KRUJË 30.9 69.1 58.3 41.7 BUBQ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 CUDHI 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 FUSHË KRUJË 40.9 59.1 81.3 18.7 KODËR THUMANË 0.0 100.0 27.7 72.3 KRUJË 93.3 6.7 88.6 11.4 NIKËL 0.0 100.0 63.7 36.3 ELBASAN 37.8 62.2 44.6 55.4 ELBASAN 45.5 54.5 54.3 45.7 BELSH 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 BRADASHESH 0.0 100.0 30.6 69.4 CËRRIK 100.0 0.0 89.2 10.8 ELBASAN 100.0 0.0 99.4 0.6 FIERZË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 FUNARË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 GJERGJAN 0.0 100.0 51.3 48.7 GJINAR 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 GOSTIMË 0.0 100.0 21.1 78.9 GRACEN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 GREKAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KAJAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KLOS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LABINOT FUSHË 0.0 100.0 29.0 71.0 LABINOT MAL 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 MOLLAS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 PAPËR 0.0 100.0 0.1 99.9 RRASË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SHALËS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SHIRGJAN 0.0 100.0 78.4 21.6 SHUSHICË 0.0 100.0 28.4 71.6 TREGAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ZAVALIN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 GRAMSH 34.9 65.1 36.5 63.5 GRAMSH 100.0 0.0 97.2 2.8 KODOVJAT 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KUSHOVË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LENIE 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 61 Regions, Districts, and Local administrative units (commune/ Administrative classification Grid-based classification municipality) % Urban % Rural % Urban % Rural PISHAJ 0.0 100.0 12.9 87.1 POROÇAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SKËNDERBEGAS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KUKUR 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SULT 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 TUNJË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LIBRAZHD 19.8 80.2 25.8 74.2 HOTOLISHT 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LIBRAZHD 100.0 0.0 97.5 2.5 LUNIK 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ORENJË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 PËRRENJAS 73.3 26.7 74.1 25.9 POLIS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 QENDËR 0.0 100.0 4.2 95.8 QUKËS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 STËBLEVË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 STRAVAJ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 RRAJCË 0.0 100.0 38.2 61.8 PEQIN 24.3 75.7 23.3 76.7 GJOCAJ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KARINË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 PAJOVË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 PEQIN 100.0 0.0 96.0 4.0 PËRPARIM 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SHEZË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 FIER 36.1 63.9 41.8 58.2 FIER 42.6 57.4 51.6 48.4 CAKRAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 DERMENAS 0.0 100.0 15.7 84.3 FIER 100.0 0.0 99.3 0.7 FRAKULL 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 RUZHDIE 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KUMAN 0.0 100.0 43.3 56.7 KURJAN 0.0 100.0 0.4 99.6 LEVAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LIBOFSHË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 MBROSTAR 0.0 100.0 25.1 74.9 PATOS 62.4 37.6 79.0 21.0 PORTËZ 0.0 100.0 50.5 49.5 QENDËR 0.0 100.0 74.0 26.0
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Regions, Districts, and Local administrative units (commune/ Administrative classification Grid-based classification municipality) % Urban % Rural % Urban % Rural ROSKOVEC 92.8 7.2 84.0 16.0 STRUM 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 TOPOJË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ZHARRËS 0.0 100.0 6.0 94.0 LUSHNJE 28.7 71.3 30.5 69.5 ALLKAJ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 BALLAGAT 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 BUBULLIMË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 DIVJAKË 54.0 46.0 0.0 100.0 DUSHK 0.0 100.0 15.4 84.6 FIERSHEGAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 GOLEM 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 GRABIAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 GRADISHTË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 HYSGJOKAJ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KARBUNARË 0.0 100.0 0.7 99.3 KOLONJË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KRUTJE 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LUSHNJE 93.5 6.5 92.8 7.2 RREMAS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 TËRBUF 0.0 100.0 56.2 43.8 MALLAKASTËR 28.2 71.8 31.2 68.8 ARANITAS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 BALLSH 100.0 0.0 98.4 1.6 FRATAR 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 GRESHICË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 HEKAL 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KUTË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 NGRAÇAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 QENDËR 0.0 100.0 15.3 84.7 SELITË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 GJIROKASTËR 49.5 50.5 36.9 63.1 GJIROKASTËR 58.0 42.0 57.6 42.4 ANTIGONË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 CEPO 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 DROPULL I POSHTËM 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 DROPULL I SIPËRM 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 GJIROKASTËR 100.0 0.0 96.2 3.8 LAZARAT 0.0 100.0 91.8 8.2 LIBOHOVË 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 63 Regions, Districts, and Local administrative units (commune/ Administrative classification Grid-based classification municipality) % Urban % Rural % Urban % Rural LUNXHËRI 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ODRIE 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 PICAR 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 POGON 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 QENDËR LIBOHOVË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ZAGORI 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 PËRMET 46.1 53.9 33.9 66.1 BALLABAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ÇARÇOVË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 FRASHËR 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KËLCYRË 66.2 33.8 0.0 100.0 PËRMET 100.0 0.0 93.2 6.8 QENDËR 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SUKË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 DISHNICË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 PETRAN 0.0 100.0 7.6 92.4 TEPELENË 36.3 63.7 0.0 100.0 BUZ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 FSHAT MEMALIAJ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KRAHËS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KURVELESH 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LOPËS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LUFTINJË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 MEMALIAJ 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 QENDËR 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 QESARAT 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 TEPELENË 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 KORÇË 39.7 60.3 48.5 51.5 DEVOLL 23.4 76.6 24.3 75.7 BILISHT 100.0 0.0 99.2 0.8 QENDËR BILISHT 0.0 100.0 5.5 94.5 MIRAS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 HOÇISHT 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 PROGËR 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KOLONJË 47.5 52.5 0.0 100.0 BARMASH 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ÇLIRIM 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ERSEKË 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 LESKOVIK 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 LESKOVIK 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0
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Regions, Districts, and Local administrative units (commune/ Administrative classification Grid-based classification municipality) % Urban % Rural % Urban % Rural MOLLAS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 NOVOSELË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 QENDËR 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KORÇË 45.6 54.4 54.6 45.4 DRENOVË 0.0 100.0 27.9 72.1 GORË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KORÇË 100.0 0.0 98.7 1.3 LEKAS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LIBONIK 0.0 100.0 76.0 24.0 LIQENAS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 MALIQ 91.2 8.8 78.5 21.5 MOGLICË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 MOLLAJ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 PIRG 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 POJAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 QENDËR 0.0 100.0 42.1 57.9 VITHKUQ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 VOSKOP 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 VOSKOPOJË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 VRESHTAS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 POGRADEC 34.0 66.0 55.8 44.2 BUÇIMAS 0.0 100.0 85.4 14.6 ÇËRRAVË 0.0 100.0 0.2 99.8 DARDHAS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 POGRADEC 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 PROPTISHT 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 TREBINJË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 HUDENISHT 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 VELÇAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KUKËS 31.3 68.7 25.0 75.0 HAS 30.3 69.7 0.0 100.0 FAJZA 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 GOLAJ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 GJINAJ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KRUMË 84.8 15.2 0.0 100.0 KUKËS 32.7 67.3 31.6 68.4 ARRËN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 BICAJ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 BUSHTRICË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KOLSH 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 65 Regions, Districts, and Local administrative units (commune/ Administrative classification Grid-based classification municipality) % Urban % Rural % Urban % Rural KUKËS 93.7 6.3 87.6 12.4 MALZI 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ZAPOD 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SHISHTAVEC 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SHTIQËN 0.0 100.0 15.1 84.9 SURROJ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 TËRTHORE 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 TOPOJAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 UJËMISHT 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 GRYKË ÇAJË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KALIS 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 TROPOJË 29.0 71.0 29.8 70.2 BAJRAM CURRI 100.0 0.0 99.6 0.4 BUJAN 0.0 100.0 9.3 90.7 BYTYÇ 2.5 97.5 0.0 100.0 FIERZË 35.3 64.7 0.0 100.0 LEKBIBAJ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LLUGAJ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 MARGEGAJ 0.0 100.0 23.5 76.5 TROPOJË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LEZHË 36.9 63.1 37.8 62.2 KURBIN 43.4 56.6 59.8 40.2 FUSHË KUQE 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LAÇ 69.9 30.1 91.9 8.1 MAMURRAS 28.2 71.8 71.4 28.6 MILOT 45.6 54.4 12.5 87.5 LEZHË 33.4 66.6 34.8 65.2 BALLDREN I RI 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 BLINISHT 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 DAJÇ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KALLMET 0.0 100.0 4.4 95.6 KOLÇ 0.0 100.0 62.8 37.2 LEZHË 100.0 0.0 99.3 0.7 SHËNGJIN 77.9 22.1 54.7 45.3 SHËNKOLL 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 UNGREJ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ZEJMEN 0.0 100.0 1.2 98.8 MIRDITË 33.9 66.1 0.0 100.0 FAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KAÇINAR 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0
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Regions, Districts, and Local administrative units (commune/ Administrative classification Grid-based classification municipality) % Urban % Rural % Urban % Rural KTHJELLË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 OROSH 34.3 65.7 0.0 100.0 RRËSHEN 56.4 43.6 0.0 100.0 RUBIK 37.4 62.6 0.0 100.0 SELITË 26.6 73.4 0.0 100.0 SHKODËR 42.0 58.0 48.9 51.1 MALËSI E MADHE 18.2 81.8 1.7 98.3 GRUEMIRË 0.0 100.0 6.0 94.0 KASTRAT 27.3 72.7 0.0 100.0 KELMEND 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KOPLIK 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 QENDËR 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SHKREL 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 PUKË 27.6 72.4 0.0 100.0 BLERIM 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 FIERZË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 FUSHË ARRËZ 73.0 27.0 0.0 100.0 GJEGJAN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 IBALLË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 PUKË 89.6 10.4 0.0 100.0 QELËZ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 QERRET 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 QAFË MALI 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 RRAPË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SHKODËR 48.0 52.0 63.2 36.8 ANA E MALIT 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 BËRDICË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 BUSHAT 0.0 100.0 0.2 99.8 DAJÇ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 GURI I ZI 0.0 100.0 1.1 98.9 HAJMEL 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 VAU I DEJËS 44.2 55.8 64.4 35.6 POSTRIBË 0.0 100.0 66.7 33.3 PULT 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 RRETHINAT 0.0 100.0 90.0 10.0 SHALË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SHKODËR 98.6 1.4 98.1 1.9 SHLLAK 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SHOSH 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 VELIPOJË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0
A new urban-rural classification of Albanian population 67 Regions, Districts, and Local administrative units (commune/ Administrative classification Grid-based classification municipality) % Urban % Rural % Urban % Rural VIG-MNELË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 TEMAL 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 TIRANË 63.2 36.8 88.6 11.4 KAVAJË 43.8 56.2 48.2 51.8 GOLEM 0.0 100.0 2.7 97.3 GOSË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 HELMËS 0.0 100.0 22.2 77.8 KAVAJË 100.0 0.0 99.9 0.1 KRYEVIDH 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LEKAJ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LUZ I VOGEL 0.0 100.0 0.5 99.5 RROGOZHINË 100.0 0.0 91.8 8.2 SINABALLAJ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SYNEJ 0.0 100.0 48.7 51.3 TIRANË 64.9 35.1 92.2 7.8 BALDUSHK 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 BËRXULLË 0.0 100.0 89.9 10.1 BËRZHITË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 DAJT 0.0 100.0 81.3 18.7 KAMËZ 31.1 68.9 99.8 0.2 KASHAR 0.0 100.0 95.9 4.1 NDROQ 0.0 100.0 11.6 88.4 PASKUQAN 0.0 100.0 99.7 0.3 PETRELË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 PEZË 0.0 100.0 58.3 41.7 PREZË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 FARKË 0.0 100.0 93.3 6.7 SHËNGJERGJ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 TIRANË 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 VAQARR 0.0 100.0 66.7 33.3 VORË 32.6 67.4 69.6 30.4 ZALL BASTAR 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ZALL HERR 0.0 100.0 51.9 48.1 KËRRABË 60.7 39.3 0.0 100.0 VLORË 58.9 41.1 55.0 45.0 DELVINË 28.3 71.7 0.0 100.0 DELVINË 65.2 34.8 0.0 100.0 FINIQ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 MESOPOTAM 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 VERGO 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0
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Regions, Districts, and Local administrative units (commune/ Administrative classification Grid-based classification municipality) % Urban % Rural % Urban % Rural SARANDË 41.0 59.0 45.2 54.8 DHIVËR 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KONISPOL 86.2 13.8 0.0 100.0 LIVADHJA 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 LUKOVË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SARANDË 83.7 16.3 95.1 4.9 XARRË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ALIKO 0.0 100.0 34.2 65.8 MARKAT 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 KSAMIL 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 VLORË 67.8 32.2 63.8 36.2 BRATAJ 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 HIMARË 53.5 46.5 0.0 100.0 KOTE 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 NOVOSELË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ORIKUM 40.0 60.0 0.0 100.0 QENDËR 0.0 100.0 26.5 73.5 SELENICË 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 SEVASTER 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 SHUSHICË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 VLLAHINË 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 VLORË 100.0 0.0 99.1 0.9 VRANISHT 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 ARMEN 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0
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