The District of Mallakastër (Albanian: Rrethi i Mallakastrës) is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania. It has a population of 40,000 (2004 estimate), and an area of 325 km². It is in the south of the country, and its capital is Ballsh. 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. ... Ballsh (Albanian: Ballsh or Ballshi) is the capital city of the southern Albanian District of Mallakastër. ...