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Social developments in Albania have been closely linked to natural, economic, political, and historical factors due to the impact they have on the free movement of the population. Migratory movements in Albania, mainly after the 1990s, have played an important role in the transformation of socio-geographical spaces, having a multidimensional impact in the context of transformation and development of the territory and shaping new social characteristics of the population. Specifically, these transformations are evident in the territorial space of Vora Municipality, which can be identified as a typical case of territorial transformations and social changes of the population, as a result of the geographical position of this municipality. Vora Municipality is located between Tirana and Durrës, the two largest Albanian cities and has always served as a prime location for the most important businesses and people from different regions of our country, thus creating the sponge effect. The main aims of the paper are to identify and analyze the factors that have influenced the social transformation of this space, analyze the social effects in the population, identify new territorial transformations, and undertake the study of the geographical distribution of social conflicts. This study reveals the new social features of the population and the trends of these territories.
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According to the last territorial administrative division in Albania approved in 2014.
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Hasrama, O., Kosovrasti, A., Kola, E. (2021). Social Changes and Conflicts in Vora Municipality After the 1990s. In: Krevs, M. (eds) Hidden Geographies. Key Challenges in Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74590-5_19
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