Districts ( or ) were first and second-level administrative divisions of Albania from 19132000. Their number, size, and status changed over time. From 1991 to 2000, the 36 districts were organized into 12 counties. Pursuant to the 1998 Constitution and Law No. 8653, the districts were abolished and replaced with the larger counties and smaller municipalities.
History After its Declaration of Independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, Albania was divided into districts until the year 2000.A Brief History of the Administrative-territorial Organization in Albania , Ministry of State for Local Issues During the 1920s and 1930s, there were 39 districts. These were consolidated into 26 in 1939. They were reorganized in 1959. In 1978, Ersekë District was renamed to Kolonjë. In 1991 ten more districts were added: Bulqizë (previously under Dibër), Delvinë (Sarandë), Devoll (Korçë), Has (Kukës), Kavajë (Durrës), Kuçovë (Berat), Kurbin (Krujë), Malësi e Madhe (Shkodër), Mallakastër (Fier) and Peqin (Elbasan). From 1991 to 2000, the 36 districts were organized into 12 counties. The 1998 constitutional reforms came into effect as Law No. 8653 on 31 July 2000, abolishing the districts and replacing them with 12 counties as the first-level administrative division and urban and rural municipalities as the second-level division.
List 1959–1991
Berat, Dibër, Durrës, Elbasan, Fier, Gjirokastër, Gramsh, Kolonjë, Korçë, Krujë, Kukës, Lezhë, Librazhd, Lushnjë, Mat, Mirditë, Përmet, Pogradec, Pukë, Sarandë, Shkodër, Skrapar, Tepelenë, Tirana, Tropojë, Vlorë
1991–2000
1. Berat 2. Bulqizë 3. Delvinë 4. Devoll 5. Dibër 6. Durrës 7. Elbasan 8. Fier 9. Gjirokastër 10. Gramsh 11. Has 12. Kavajë
13. Kolonjë 14. Korçë 15. Krujë 16. Kuçovë 17. Kukës 18. Kurbin 19. Lezhë 20. Librazhd 21. Lushnjë 22. Malësi e Madhe 23. Mallakastër 24. Mat
25. Mirditë 26. Peqin 27. Përmet 28. Pogradec 29. Pukë 30. Sarandë 31. Shkodër 32. Skrapar 33. Tepelenë 34. Tirana 35. Tropojë 36. Vlorë
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Districts in 1959 Albania Counties