Elbasan County Qarku i Elbasanit (Albanian)
County
View of Krraba Pass
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Coordinates: 41°0′N 20°10′E / 41.000°N 20.167°E / 41.000; 20.167
Country	Albania
Seat	Elbasan
Subdivisions	7 municipalities, 385 towns and villages
Government
• Council chairman	Eugen Isaj
Area
• Total	3,199 km2 (1,235 sq mi)
Population  (2021[1])
• Total	266,245
• Density	83/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
HDI (2021)	0.785 high · 6th of 12
NUTS Code	AL021
Website	Official Website

Elbasan County (Albanian: Qarku i Elbasanit) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population is 266,245 (2021),^[1] in an area of 3199 km².^[2] Its capital is the city Elbasan.

Administrative divisions

Until 2000, Elbasan County was subdivided into four districts: Elbasan, Gramsh, Librazhd, and Peqin. Since the 2015 local government reform, the county consists of the following 7 municipalities: Belsh, Cërrik, Elbasan, Gramsh, Librazhd, Peqin and Prrenjas.^[3] Before 2015, it consisted of the following 50 municipalities:

The municipalities consist of about 385 towns and villages in total. See Villages of Elbasan County for a structured list.

Demographics

Elbasan County has 266,245 inhabitants as of January 2021.^[1] Ethnic groups in the county include, as of the last national census from 2011:^[2]

• Albanians = 253,170 (85.58%)
• Macedonians = 94 (0.03%)
• Montenegrins = 10 (0.00%)
• Aromanians = 747 (0.25%)
• Romani = 1,064 (0.36%)
• Egyptians = 433 (0.15%)
• Turkish = 300 (0.13%)
• others = 149 (0.05%)
• no answer = 39,980 (13.51%)