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Kukës, Kukës County, Albaniai
Regional Level Types
KukësMunicipality
Kukës CountyCounty
AlbaniaCountry

Coat of Arms of Kukës
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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Kukës17,832 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
339237
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:339237:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Kukës, Kukës, Albanie
German:
Kukës, Qark Kukës, Albanien
Italian:
Kukës, prefettura di Kukës, Albania
Russian:
Кукес, Кукес, Албания
Simplified Chinese:
库克斯, 庫克斯州, 阿尔巴尼亚
Spanish:
Kukës, Condado de Kukës, Albania
Albanian:
Kukës, Qarku i Kukësit, Shqipëria
Arabic:
كوكس, مقاطعة كوكس, ألبانيا
Armenian:
Կուկաս, Կուկասի գավառ, Ալբանիա
Aromanian:
Kukës
Azeri:
Kukes, Albaniya
Basque:
Kukës, Kukës konderria, Albania
Belarusian:
Кукес, Кукес, Албанія
Bengali:
কুকেস, আলবেনিয়া
Bulgarian:
Кукъс, Кукъс, Албания
Cebuano:
Kukës, Qarku i Kukësit, Albanya
Chechen:
Кукес, Албани
Czech:
Kukës, Kukës , Albánie
Danish:
Kukës, Albanien
Dutch:
Kukës, Kukës, Albanië
Esperanto:
Kukës, Provinco Kukës, Albanio
Estonian:
Kukësi, Kukësi maakond, Albaania
Farsi/Persian:
کوکس, شهرستان کوکس, آلبانی
Finnish:
Kukës, Kukësin maakunta, Albania
Greek:
Κούκεσι, Νομός Κουκς, Αλβανία
Gujarati:
કુકેસ, આલ્બેનિયા
Hebrew:
קוקס, אלבניה
Hindi:
कुकेज़, कुकेस प्रांत, अल्बानिया
Hungarian:
Kukës, Kukës megye, Albánia
Indonesian:
Kukës, County Kukës, Albania
Japanese:
クケス, クケス州, アルバニア
Kannada:
ಕುಕೆಸ್, ಅಲ್ಬೇನಿಯ
Korean:
쿠커스, 쿠커스 주, 알바니아
Latvian:
Kukesa, Albānija
Lithuanian:
Kukesis, Kukesio apskritis, Albanija
Macedonian:
Кукуш, Кукуш, Албанија
Malay:
Kukes, Albania
Marathi:
कुकेस, आल्बेनिया
Northern Frisian:
Kukës, Kukës, Albaanien
Norwegian:
Kukes, Kukës, Albania
Polish:
Kukës, Obwód Kukës, Albania
Portuguese:
Kukës, Kukës, Albânia
Romanian:
Kukës, Regiunea Kukës, Albania
Serbian:
Кукес, Албанија
Serbo-Croatian:
Kukes, Albanija
Sinhalese:
කුකීස්, ඇල්බේනියාව
Slovak:
Kukës, Kukës, Albánsko
Swedish:
Kukës, Kukës prefektur, Albanien
Tamil:
குக்கஸ், அல்பேனியா
Tatar:
Кукыс, Албания
Telugu:
కూకేస్, అల్బేనియా
Thai:
คูเคส, ประเทศแอลเบเนีย
Traditional Chinese:
庫克斯, 庫克斯州, 阿爾巴尼亞
Turkish:
Kukës, Kukës ili, Arnavutluk
Ukrainian:
Кукес, Кукес, Албанія
Urdu:
کوکس, صوبہ کوکس, البانیا
Vietnamese:
Kukës, Kukës, Albania
Waray:
Kukës, Kukës, Albanya
Western Punjabi:
کوکس, صوبہ کوکس, البانیا


Kukës is a city in the Republic of Albania. The city is the capital of the surrounding municipality of Kukës and county of Kukës, one of 12 constituent counties of the republic. By air distance, Kukës is located 98 kilometres (61 mi) northeast of Tirana, 75 kilometres (47 mi) to the east of Shkodër and 34 kilometres (21 mi) to the south of Gjakovë and 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the west of Prizren in Kosovo.

Geologically, the terrain of the surrounding area is dominated by mountainous and high terrain. The city sprawls across the Luma Plain within the Albanian Alps between the banks of Lake Fierza and the hills of the northernmost Korab Mountains and westernmost Shar Mountains. At the confluence of the Black and White Drin, the Drin River originates close to the city's territory.

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10 valid minerals.

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Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Chromite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Galena
Formula: PbS
Native Gold
Formula: Au
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
'Serpentine Subgroup'
Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
'Tetrahedrite Group'
Formula: M2(A6)M1(B4 C2)X3(D4)S1(Y12)S2(Z)

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Arsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Chromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Unclassified
'Serpentine Subgroup'-D3[Si2O5](OH)4
'Tetrahedrite Group'-M2(A6)M1(B4 C2)X3(D4)S1(Y12)S2(Z)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
OOxygen
O BaryteBaSO4
O ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
O QuartzSiO2
O Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
SSulfur
S ArsenopyriteFeAsS
S BaryteBaSO4
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S GalenaPbS
S PyriteFeS2
S PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
S SphaleriteZnS
S Tetrahedrite GroupM2(A6)M1(B4 C2)X3(D4)S1(Y12)S2(Z)
CrChromium
Cr ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
FeIron
Fe ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
As ArsenopyriteFeAsS
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4
AuGold
Au Native GoldAu
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuk%C3%ABs
Wikidata ID:Q210197
GeoNames ID:782661

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