Zapod
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Zapod
Запод | |
|---|---|
 The lawns of Zapod | |
.svg)  Zapod | |
| Coordinates: 42°3′N 20°33′E / 42.050°N 20.550°E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Kukës |
| Municipality | Kukës |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Administrative unit | 1,434 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal Code | 8515 |
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 population at the 2023 census was 1,434.[2]
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),[3] while the villages of Bele and Lojmë are inhabited by Albanians.
According to the 2011 census, the municipality had 2,217 residents,[4] of whom 80% declared as ethnic Albanians and 11.7% declared as ethnic Macedonians.[5] Per the 2023 census, the population of the two Gorani-inhabited administrative units of Zapod and Shishtavec stood at 3,671 in 9 Gorani and 5 Albanian villages.[6]
