Korçë

Korçë , 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 , in a total area of 805.99 km2 . 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 above sea level, surrounded by the Morava Mountains.

Korçë is named differently in other languages: Aromanian: Curceaua or Corceao; Bulgarian: Горица, Goritsa; Greek: Κορυτσά, Korytsa; Italian: Coriza; Macedonian: Горица, Gorica; Turkish: Görice. The current name is of Slavic origin. The word "gorica" means "hill" in South Slavic languages, and is a very common toponym in Albania and Slavic countries . It is diminutive of the Slavic toponym "gora", meaning mountain, which is also found in placenames throughout Slavic countries as well as non-Slavic countries like Albania, Greece and Italy.

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