Mat
Mati Municipality is located in the northern part of the country and is bordered by Mirdita Municipality to the north, Kurbini Municipality to the west, Kruja Municipality to the south-west, Klos Municipality to the south, and Dibra Municipality to the east. Burreli city is the seat of this municipality. Burreli city is the seat of this municipality. Based on the Civil Registration Office, this municipality counts 38,615 inhabitants. The new municipality extends over a surface area of 493.5 km2, and its population density is 78.24 inhabitant/km2. This municipality consists of 8 administrative units: Burrel, Baz, Derjan, Rukaj, Macukull, Komsi, Lis and Ulëz. The newly established municipality administers a town and 46 villages. The new municipality stretches nearly over the same territory with the ethnographic region of Mat and its terrain is hilly and mountainous. It spreads across both banks of Mat River and forestry comprises the largest part of its new territory. The new municipality encompasses the Regional Nature Park of Ulëz and two artificial lakes, namely Ulëza and Shkopeti, constructed for electricity production purposes. The quite favourable terrain and Mediterranean climate characterised by hot sunny and dry summers and relatively mild winters in Mat Valley provides great conditions for agriculture, fruit-growing and farming development and it determines agriculture and farming as the main income-generating sources. Burrel city was constructed specifically for chromium processingindustry, which is currently under revitalisation process. However, this industry does not possess the capacities to turn into an important employment source for the town, which at present counts 11 thousand inhabitants. Over the recent years, Mat area has attracted a small number of adventurous and mountain hiking-lover tourists thanks to the attractive mountainous terrain. Mat region is a real archaeological museum and the ancient birthplace of Illyrian culture. Several objects have been discovered there and based on their analysis they provide data on all historical periods of cultural development, not only for Mat region, but also broader. Nowadays, Mat is known as a significant archaeological region with particular values, especially for Illyrian culture research and study not only across the country, but also abroad.