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Maliq
Municipality
Official logo of Maliq
Emblem
Maliq is located in Albania
Maliq
Maliq
Coordinates: 40°42′30″N 20°42′0″E / 40.70833°N 20.70000°E / 40.70833; 20.70000
Country Albania
CountyKorçë
Government
 • MayorGëzim Topçiu (PS)
Area
 • Municipality656.34 km2 (253.41 sq mi)
Elevation
825 m (2,707 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipality
41,757
 • Municipality density64/km2 (160/sq mi)
 • Municipal unit
4,290
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code
7005
Area Code(0)861
WebsiteOfficial Website

Maliq (Albanian definite form: Maliqi) formerly known as Malik, is a town and a municipality in Korçë County of eastern Albania. It is the smaller of two cities in the district, the other being Korçë, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Maliq. Before the Second World War the region was a swamp, which was drained as an attempt of the ruling Party of Labour of Albania to revitalize Albania's agriculture. The city flourished around a sugar factory built in 1951 through Soviet foreign aid.[1] Eventually the factory was closed in the 1990s leading to a significant unemployment in the city. The current enlarged municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former administrative units of Gorë, Libonik, Maliq, Moglicë, Pirg, Pojan and Vreshtas. The seat of the municipality is the town Maliq.[2] The total population is 41,757 (2011 census), in a total area of 656.34 km2.[3] The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 4,290.[4] The municipal unit consists of the town Maliq and the villages Kolanec, Goce, Gjyras, Bickë, Fshat Maliq and Plovisht.[5]

Location

The Maliq city lies geographically

  • 62 miles (100 kilometres) from Tirana
  • 7 miles (11 kilometres) from Korçë
  • 15 miles (24 kilometres) from the Greek border.

The city sits between 3 mountains, Kodra e Murrizit, Kodra e Marjanit and Hija e Korbit, at an elevation of 2700 feet (820 m), making it one of the highest cities in the country.

References

  1. ^ http://om.ciheam.org/om/pdf/c02-2/CI011004.pdf
  2. ^ Law nr. 115/2014[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Interactive map administrative territorial reform". Archived from the original on 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2015-06-06. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ 2011 census results Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Greece – Albania Neighbourhood Programme Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
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