Berat District

Berat District
Former district
Coordinates: 40°40′N 19°57′E
Country	Albania
Dissolved	2000
Seat	Berat
Area
• Total	915 km^2 (353 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	128,410
• Density	140/km^2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Berat District (Albanian: Rrethi i Beratit) was one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 counties. It had a population of 128,410 in 2001, and an area of 915 km^2 (353 sq mi).[1] It is in the centre of the country, and its capital was the city of Berat. Another large population centre in this district was Ura Vajgurore. Its territory is now part of Berat County: the municipalities of Berat, Dimal, Poliçan (partly) and Kuçovë (partly).

This is also the birthplace of Sejfi Protopapa, a Balli Kombëtar leader.

Administrative divisions

The district consisted of the following municipalities:[2]

• Berat
• Cukalat
• Kutalli
• Lumas
• Otllak
• Poshnjë
• Roshnik
• Sinjë
• Tërpan
• Ura Vajgurore
• Velabisht
• Vërtop

References

1. Districts of Albania, statoids.com
2. "Portraits of poverty and inequality in Albania" (PDF). World Bank Group. 2016. pp. 33–40.