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Prrenjas, Elbasan County, Albaniai
Regional Level Types
PrrenjasMunicipality
Elbasan CountyCounty
AlbaniaCountry

Coat of Arms of PrrenjasFlag of Prrenjas
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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Përrenjas-Fshat4,015 (2012)
Qukës-Shkumbin650 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
405787
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:405787:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Prrenjas, Elbasan, Albanie
German:
Përrenjas, Qark Elbasan, Albanien
Italian:
Perrenjas, prefettura di Elbasan, Albania
Simplified Chinese:
普雷尼亞斯, 艾巴申州, 阿尔巴尼亚
Spanish:
Prrenjas, condado de Elbasan, Albania
Albanian:
Prrenjasi, Qarku i Elbasanit, Shqipëria
Bulgarian:
Преняс, Елбасан, Албания
Catalan:
Prrenjas, comtat d'Elbasan, Albània
Cebuano:
Bashkia e Përrenjasit, Qarku i Elbasanit, Albanya
Czech:
Prrenjas, Elbasan, Albánie
Dutch:
Prrenjas, Elbasan, Albanië
Hungarian:
Prrenjas, Elbasan megye, Albánia
Macedonian:
Прење, Елбасан, Албанија
Malay:
Përrenjas, Albania
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Prrenjas, Regionen Elbasan, Albania
Occitan:
Prrenjas, prefectura d'Elbasan, Albania
Polish:
Përrenjas, obwód Elbasan, Albania
Portuguese:
Prrenjas, Elbasan, Albânia
Romanian:
Përrenjas, Regiunea Elbasan, Albania
Swedish:
Bashkia e Përrenjasit, Elbasan prefektur, Albanien
Tatar:
Преньяс, Албания
Turkish:
Prrenjas, Elbasan ili, Arnavutluk
Vietnamese:
Perrenjas, Elbasan, Albania
Waray:
Përrenjas, Elbasan, Albanya


Prrenjas is a town and a municipality in Elbasan County, eastern Albania. The municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Prrenjas, Qukës, Rrajcë and Stravaj, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town of Prrenjas.

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.


List of minerals for each chemical element

Fossils

There are 20 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences20
Youngest Fossil Listed113 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed129 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Dermosmilia
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dermosmiliidae : Dermosmilia129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Epismilia
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylophyllidae : Epismilia129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Epistreptophyllum
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Calamophylliidae : Epistreptophyllum129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stylina
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : Stylina129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Aptyxiella
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Nerinellidae : Aptyxiella129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Multiptyxis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Nerinellidae : Multiptyxis129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Neoptyxis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neoptyxis129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Nerinella
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Nerinellidae : Nerinella129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cidaris
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cidaroida : Cidaridae : Cidaris129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hirudocidaris
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cidaroida : Cidaridae : Hirudocidaris129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Salpingoporella
genus
Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Dasycladales : Dasycladaceae : Salpingoporella129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Carpathoporella
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Carpathoporella129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Trocholina
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Involutinida : Trocholinidae : Trocholina129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Diptyxis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Nerineidae : Diptyxis129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Epismilia robusta
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylophyllidae : Epismilia : Epismilia robusta129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cylindroporella sugdeni
species
Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Dasycladales : Dasycladaceae : Cylindroporella : Cylindroporella sugdeni129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Montlivaltia kaufmanni
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montlivaltiidae : Montlivaltia : Montlivaltia kaufmanni129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prrenjas
Wikidata ID:Q19258
GeoNames ID:781922

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