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Shkodër

#1079 in World

Albania

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© Ivan KoevCC BY-SA 4.0
Population
100K
Coordinates
42.0683, 19.5126
Category
cities

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Shkodër is the fourth-most-populous city of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. Shkodër has been continuously inhabited since the Early Bronze Age, and has roughly 2,200 years of recorded history. The city sprawls across the Plain of Mbishkodra between the southern part of Lake Shkodër and the foothills of the Albanian Alps on the banks of the Buna, Drin and Kir rivers.

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