Bajram Curri (town)

Bajram Curri is a town and a former municipality in Kukës County, Northern Albania, near the border with Kosovo, in a remote, mostly mountainous region. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision and the seat of the municipality Tropojë. The population at the 2011 census was 5,340. Bajram Curri is located down the valley of the river Valbonë. It is the main access point by road to the villages of Valbona and Rrogam. Water from the mountains flow into the waters of the Valbonë, the latter being famous for having the clearest river water in Albania. The town is named after Bajram Curri, a national hero of the early 20th century. Bajram Curri is located in the former Tropojë District.