County of Berat
|
Berat County Qarku Berat |
||
|---|---|---|
| County | ||
|
||
|
||
 Location of Berat County within Albania. |
||
| Coordinates: 40°38′N 20°5′E / 40.633°N 20.083°ECoordinates: 40°38′N 20°5′E / 40.633°N 20.083°E | ||
| Country |
 Albania
|
|
| Municipalities | 5 | |
| Villages | 239 | |
| Established | 2000 | |
| County Seat | Berat | |
| Government | ||
| • Council Chairman | Fatlli Adilaj | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,798 km2 (694 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 455 m (1,493 ft) | |
| Population (2016) | ||
| • Total | 139,815 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| NUTS Code | AL031 | |
| Website | Official Website | |
Berat County (Albanian: Qarku i Beratit) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population at the 2011 census was 141,944, in an area of 1798 km². Its capital is the city Berat.
Archaeologists have found artifacts including silver women's earrings and bronze belt-buckles in Bronze Age tumuli in Pëllumbas, one of the villages of Berat. These items are similar to other artifacts found in northern Albania (Kukës and Mat), Kosovo (Gjilane) and northwestern Greece (Pogoni).
Antipatrea (Greek: Αντιπάτρεια) was an ancient Greek polis in the region of Epirus, now Berat. It was founded by Cassander as Antipatreia, who named it after his father Antipater at 314 BC. An ancient Greek fortress and settlement are still visible today.Dassaretae tribe existed in the area, as early as the 6th century BC. It was captured by the Romans in the 2nd century BC. Livy (31.27.2) describes Antipatrea as a strongly fortified city in a narrow pass that the Romans sacked and burned. The city was composed of two fortifications on both banks of the Osum River.
Historical manuscripts such as the 6th century Codex Purpureus Beratinus, discovered in 1868, and the Codex Aureus, a 9th-century Greek language manuscript have revealed much about the history of the region and that Berat had a reputation for producing manuscripts; 76 of the 100 codes protected in the National Archives of Albania are from Berat, indicating its historical importance.
...
Wikipedia