Place:Bajram Curri, Tropojë, Kukës, Albania

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NameBajram Curri
Alt namesBajramsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeTown
Coordinates42.333°N 20.083°E
Located inTropojë, Kukës, Albania
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Bajram Curri, formerly known as Kolgecaj, is a town and administrative unit in the municipality of Tropojë, northeastern Albania, within the historical ethnographic region of the Gjakova Highlands. The town is located in a remote and mountainous region of the Albanian Alps, within the Valbonë Valley, and close to the border to Kosovo. It is named after Bajram Curri, a national hero who fought for ethnic Albanians, first against the Ottoman Empire and later against the Albanian government.

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