Xhafzotaj

Xhafzotaj
View of the town from Durrës-Tirana Highway
View of the town from Durrës-Tirana Highway
Xhafzotaj is located in Albania
Xhafzotaj
Xhafzotaj
Coordinates: 41°21′N 19°33′E / 41.350°N 19.550°E / 41.350; 19.550
Country Albania
CountyDurrës
MunicipalityShijak
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
12,381
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Xhafzotaj (IPA: /d͡ʒafzotaj/) is a village and a former municipality in the Durrës County, western Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Shijak.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 12,381.[2]

The area around Xhafzotaj is very flat. The main road from Durrës to Tirana crossed the municipality while today the road leads mostly along the highway that bypasses the town to the northwest. Once a highly agricultural area, now the region is an important center of industry and trade in the Tirana-Durrës region.

  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6368. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ "2011 census results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-13. Retrieved 2015-01-13.