Zapod | |
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Coordinates: 42°3′N 20°33′E / 42.050°N 20.550°E | |
Country | ![]() |
County | Kukës |
Municipality | Kukës |
Population (2011) | |
• Municipal unit | 2,217 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Zapod is a village and a former municipality in Kukës County, northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Kukës.[1] The administrative unit of Zapod contains the villages of Orgjost, Kosharisht, Pakisht, Zapod and Orçikël which are populated by Slavic Muslims, called Gorani, who speak Torlakian (Gora dialect),[2] while the villages of Bele and Lojmë are inhabited by Albanians. As of the 2011 census, the municipality had 2,217 residents,[3] of whom 80% declared as ethnic Albanians and 11.7% declared as ethnic Macedonians.[4]