Bitinckë Explained

Type:v
Official Name:Bitinckë
County:Korçë
Municipality:Devoll
Municunit:Bashkia Devoll
Coordinates:40.6478°N 20.9836°W
Population Total:2000

Bitinckë is a village in the Korçë County, Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Devoll.[2] The village is at 700–1000 metres elevation above sea level.

Bitinckë is the site of an iron-nickel deposit located in one of three such zones in Albania. In addition, Bitinckë is the site of a nickel-silicate deposit, one of two in the country.[3] The mined deposits are connected by a road to the national road (distance of 1 kilometre).[4] The ores of nickel in the area have a thickness of 1–25 metres and contain sizable amounts of both iron and cobalt.[5] [6]

During the communist era, a farming cooperative existed in the village and Bitinckë was visited by Albanian president Enver Hoxha in 1957. Hoxha gave the village a camera to photograph their experiences of the cooperative farm.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Location of Bitinckë. 2019-09-17.
  2. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6372–6373. 25 February 2022 .
  3. Thorne. Robert. Roberts. Stephen. Herrington. Richard. The formation and evolution of the Bitincke nickel laterite deposit, Albania. Mineralium Deposita. 47. 8. 2012. 933. 10.1007/s00126-012-0411-x. 2012MinDe..47..933T. 129043314.
  4. Book: Nako. Iljaz. Jorgji. Vasil. Bakiu. Arben. Albanian mineral industry and its trends in the future. Michalakopoulos. T.N.. Panagiotou. G.N.. Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 2000. 2000. CRC Press. 9789058091789. https://books.google.com/books?id=VZfMfsuXjkwC&dq=Bitincke&pg=PA463. 462–463.
  5. Çuni. E.. Dodona. E.. Harasani. P.. Sallaku. F.. Shallari. S.. Assessment of Habitats Area Sand Nickel Hyperaccumulator Plant Alyssum Genus in Albania. Albanian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 14. 4. 2015. 375.
  6. Shallari. S.. Schwartz. C.. Hasko. A.. Morel. J. L.. Heavy metals in soils and plants of serpentine and industrial sites of Albania. Science of the Total Environment. 209. 2–3. 1998. 134. 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00312-4. 9514035. 1998ScTEn.209..133S.
  7. Book: De Rapper. Gilles. Durand. Anouck. Family Photographs in Socialist Albania: State Photography and the Private Sphere. Pistrick. Eckehard. Scaldaferri. Nicola. Schwörer. Gretel. Audiovisual media and identity issues in Southeastern Europe. 2011. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 9781443831413. https://books.google.com/books?id=lxErBwAAQBAJ&dq=Bitinck%C3%AB&pg=PA210. 213.

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