Berat (alb)

Berat

Berat ranks 14,004th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Irondequoit, New York, Kennedy Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Memorable people born in Berat include Myrto Uzuni. Memorable people who died in Berat include Michael I Komnenos Doukas. Berat has been the birth place of many soccer players and the death place of many politicians. Berat is located in Albania.

Berat is the ninth most populous city of Albania and the seat of Berat County and Berat Municipality. By air, it is 71 kilometres north of Gjirokastër, 70 kilometres west of Korçë, 70 kilometres south of Tirana, and 33 kilometres east of Fier. Berat is located in the south of the country. It is surrounded by mountains and hills, including Tomorr on the east that was declared a national park. The river Osum runs through the city before it empties into the Seman within the Myzeqe Plain. The municipality of Berat was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Berat, Otllak, Roshnik, Sinjë, and Velabisht, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the city Berat. The total population is 62,232 as of the 2023 census, in a total area of 421.6 km2 (162.8 sq mi). Read more on Wikipedia