A PROPOSAL FOR THE DISTRICT OF SHKODRA ( FREE ZONE ) Dr.

Abstract

Geographical position:
Shkodra is the biggest city in northern Albania; it is the administrative center of the district with the same name. In north and west it is
bordered by Yugoslavia, in east by districts of Puka and Tropoja, in southeast by the district of Lezha, and in the south by the Adriatic
Sea. The views of Shkodra are extremely different and full of surprising beauties. High and low relieves, fields, terraces, gardens,
mountainous valleys and old forests, the mainly sandy seaside are combined with each-other, coming down from the Alps towards the
fields. It lays from the mountain to the sea, which means from the Albanian Alps to the Adriatic Sea. In the north and in the east the border
is easy transformed through the river valleys and mountainous necks that are crossed by automobile roads. This makes it possible that
Shkodra always has been an exchange zone between different regions of the country, neighbor countries, different cultures and
economic, social and spiritual forces. The territory of Shkodra as a district includes a surface of 2528 km2, which makes it the biggest
district in Albania. Its surface equals the surface of the districts of Tirana, Durres and Lezha altogether.