| Shupenzë | |
|---|---|
| Administrative Unit | |
  Shupenzë | |
| Coordinates: 41°32′N20°25′E / 41.533°N 20.417°E Coordinates: 41°32′N20°25′E / 41.533°N 20.417°E | |
| Country |  |
| County | Dibër |
| Municipality(s) | Bulqizë |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Shupenzë is a village and a former municipality in the Dibër County, eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Bulqizë. [1] The population at the 2011 census was 5,503. [2]
Dibër County is one of the 12 counties of the Republic of Albania, spanning a surface area of 2,586 square kilometres (998 sq mi) with the capital in Peshkopi. The county borders on the counties of Durrës, Elbasan, Kukës, Lezhë, Tirana and the country of North Macedonia. It is divided into four municipalities, including Bulqizë, Dibër, Klos and Mat.. The municipalities are further subdivided into 290 towns and villages in total.
Albania, officially the Republic of Albania, is a country in Southeast Europe on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea within the Mediterranean Sea. It otherwise shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast, and a maritime border with Italy to the west.
Bulqizë is the name of both a town and a municipality in Dibër County, eastern Albania. It was formed during the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipality of Bulqizë with the adjacent municipalities of Fushë-Bulqizë, Gjoricë, Martanesh, Ostren, Shupenzë, Trebisht and Zerqan. The seat of the municipality is the town also called Bulqizë. The total population is 31,210, in a total area of 678.51 km2. The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 8,177.
