Vaqarr

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Vaqarr
Coordinates: 41°18′N19°45′E / 41.300°N 19.750°E / 41.300; 19.750
CountryFlag of Albania.svg  Albania
County Tirana
Municipality Tirana
Population
 (2011)
  Municipal unit
9,106
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code
1041
Area Code(0)48

Vaqarr (Albanian: [vaqar] ) is a village and administrative unit in the municipality of Tirana, central Albania. [1] 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. [2] The Lake of Vaqarr has become a popular recreation area in the municipality of Tirana. [3]

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References

  1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6375. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. 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.
  3. Agjencia e Parqeve dhe Rekreacionit (APR). "Parku i Vaqarrit" (in Albanian). Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.