Korçë (definite Albanian form: Korça, other names see below) is a city and municipality in southeastern Albania, and the seat of Korçë County. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Drenovë, Korçë, Lekas, Mollaj, Qendër Bulgarec, Vithkuq, Voskop and Voskopojë, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the city Korçë. The total population is 75,994 (2011 census), in a total area of 805.99 km2 (311.19 sq mi). The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 51,152. It is the sixth largest city in Albania. It stands on a plateau some 850 m (2,789 ft) above sea level, surrounded by the Morava Mountains.
Iljaz Bey Mirahori Mosque
National Warrior Monument in the center of Korçë
Korçë Bazaar
Shopping centre in Korçë
Korçë renovated backstreet
Students in front of the first officially recognized Albanian school in modern Albania, in 1899 (left), modern view of the school building, now serves as a museum (right).
Students and teachers of the Greek Urban School (1897), one of the several institutions sponsored by the community Lasso fund.
Korçe in 1914
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