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Changes in the population map of Albania in the first period of transition (1989-2001) and repercussions of internal migration in the enlargement of Tirana, Sidiropoulos G., Agorastakis M., 1st European Population
Geographies Conference, University of Wales Swansea, 30 – 31 March 2005,
Sponsored by the Population Geography Research The recent political and socio-economic changes in
Albania were accompanied by intense geographic mobility (internal and
external migration). Tirana, Albania’s capital, almost doubled in population
size since 1989, to reach 341.5 thousand inhabitants, according to the 2001
Census. As a result, of population
increase and urban sprawl, the composition and shape of the Tirana
conurbation has changed considerably the last 15 years. In this
paper we examine the population
changes between 1989 and 2001, using Census data at the District level for
Albania, before focusing on the city of Tirana. Descriptive analysis of population
changes in the 36 Districts for the whole country, based on the last two
population censuses, leads to identification of poles of attraction. Subsequently, we focus on the population
of Tirana, using the 1,137 Enumeration Areas. More specifically, we examine: (i) the population weight of
internal migrants in the population of city and their concentration in the interior
(per Enumeration Area) and (ii) their geographic origin, looking separately
at those originating from 18 communes of the same District, from those that
emanate from the remaining 35 Districts of the country. ·
POPULATION
DENSITY 1989-2001 ·
POPULATION
DISTRIBUTION 2001 ·
INFLOW
by OTHER DISTRICTS to the CAPITAL ·
INFLOW
by TIRANA DISTRICTS COMMUNES to the CAPITAL 2005 |
