Vaqarr

Vaqarr
Municipal unit
Vaqarr
Coordinates: 41°18′N19°45′E / 41.300°N 19.750°E / 41.300; 19.750
Country	Albania
County	Tirana
Municipality	Tirana
• Municipal unit	45.71 km2 (17.65 sq mi)
Population  (2023 [1] )
• Municipal unit	9,221
• Municipal unit density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code	1041
Area Code	(0)48

Vaqarr (Albanian: [vacar] ) is a village and administrative unit in the municipality of Tirana, central Albania. ^[2] As of the 2011 census, the administrative unit of Vaqarr had an estimated population of 9,106 of whom 4,838 were men and 4,268 women. ^[3] The Lake of Vaqarr has become a popular recreation area in the municipality of Tirana. ^[4]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1989	7,720	—
2001	7,732	+0.2%
2011	9,106	+17.8%
2023	9,221	+1.3%
Source: [5] [1]

References

1. "Census of Population and Housing". Institute of Statistics Albania.
2. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6375. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
3. Nurja, Ines. "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Tirana (2011)" (PDF). Tirana: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). p. 85. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
4. Agjencia e Parqeve dhe Rekreacionit (APR). "Parku i Vaqarrit" (in Albanian). Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
5. "Albania: All places/communes".