Drač County
| Drač County Драчки округ |
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| Capital | Drač (Durrës) | ||||
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| • | First Balkan War | 29 November 1912 | |||
| • | Disestablished | April 1913 | |||
| Today part of | Albania | ||||
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Drač County (Serbian: Драчки округ/Drački okrug) was one of the counties of the Kingdom of Serbia established on 29 November 1912 on the part of the territory of Albania taken from the Ottoman Empire during the First Balkan War. Drač County had four districts (Serbian: срез/srez): Drač (Durrës), Lješ (Lezhë), Elbasan and Tirana. The army of the Kingdom of Serbia retreated from Durrës in April 1913.
The army of the Kingdom of Serbia captured Durrës on 29 November 1912 without any resistance.Orthodox Christian metropolitan of Durrës Jakov gave a particularly warm welcome to the new authorities. According to a 1929 work by Serbian essayist Milutin Lazarević, the Christian population of Durrës was thrilled by the arrival of the Serbian army. The Kingdom of Serbia established district offices and appointed the governor of the county, mayor of the city, and commander of the military garrison. The first military governor of the city of Durrës capetain Branislav Milosavljević (commander of vanguard of Albanian-Šumadian unit), appointed first city council (Petar Djurasković, chair, Hristo Spiro, Mehmed Efendi etc.).
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