🇦🇱 Kamëz is a municipality in Tirana County, Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Kamëz and Paskuqan, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Kamëz.
Kamëz was one of the applicants for the 2019 European Green Capital Awards, which was won by Oslo.
History Prior to the 1990s, Kamëz was a sparsely populated and predominantly agricultural area. Following the post 1990s Albanian population movements, the area experienced massive influxes of inhabitants from all over Albania. The newly formed city is known to bear impressive street names belonging to international personalities, capital cities, and organizations.
Subdivisions The municipality Kamëz consists of the town Kamëz and the following villages: • Babrru Bathore Bulçesh Fushë e Kërçikëve Frutikulturë Kodër e Kuqe Kodër-Babrru Laknas Paskuqan Paskuqan-Fushë Paskuqan-Kodër Shpat Valias Zall-Mner
Sport The main football team, KS Kamza, plays in the Albanian Second Division at Fusha Sportive Kamëz. It is the site of the Agricultural University of Tirana. The basketball team BC Kamza Basket are 6 times national champions and play their home games at Salla Sportive Bathore.
Kamëz has a population of over 104,190 people. Kamëz also forms one of the centres of the wider Tirana County which has a population of over 912,190 people.
To set up a UBI Lab for Kamëz see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Kamëz has links with:
🇮🇹 Castenaso, Italy 🇩🇪 Jena, Germany 🇹🇷 Kemalpaşa, Turkey 🇮🇹 Macerata, Italy 🇺🇸 Yonkers, USA🇪🇸 Sant Feliu de Llobregat 41.383
🇵🇹 Vila Nova de Famalicão 41.4
🇬🇪 Akhalkalaki 41.407
🇵🇹 Póvoa de Varzim 41.367
🇺🇸 Bowling Green 41.367
🇵🇹 Felgueiras 41.367
🇪🇸 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 41.363
🇪🇸 Cornellà de Llobregat 41.356
🇺🇸 New London 41.355
🇵🇹 Vila do Conde 41.35
🇪🇸 L' Hospitalet de Llobregat 41.35
🇭🇺 Salgótarján 19.827
🇭🇺 Jászberény 19.915
Locations Near: Kamëz 19.7667,41.3833
🇦🇱 Kavajë 19.55,41.183 d: 28.7
🇦🇱 Lezhë 19.633,41.767 d: 44.1
🇦🇱 Elbasan 20.092,41.113 d: 40.5
Antipodal to: Kamëz -160.233,-41.383
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 17360.1
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17175
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16836.2
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16755
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13199.4
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13098.5
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13083
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13079.6