The District of Durrës (Albanian: Rrethi i Durrësit) is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania. It has a population of 182,000 (2004 estimate), and an area of 455 km². It is in the west of the country, and its capital is Durrës. Other towns in this district include Shijak. Albanian or Gjuha shqipe is a language spoken by more than six million inhabitants of the western Balkan peninsula (Albania, Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia, Greece) in south_eastern Europe (Albanians) and by a small number of people in Calabria, southern Italy. ... Albania is divided into 36 districts, or rrethe. ... Durrës (Photo by Marc Morell) Durrës (Albanian: Durrës or Durrësi) is the most ancient city of Albania and one of the most economically important as the biggest port city. ...