Dukat, Albania

Dukat
Village
Dukat
Coordinates: 40°15′2″N 19°34′2″E / 40.25056°N 19.56722°E / 40.25056; 19.56722Coordinates: 40°15′2″N 19°34′2″E / 40.25056°N 19.56722°E / 40.25056; 19.56722
Country Albania Albania
County Vlorë
Municipality Vlorë
Administrative Unit Orikum
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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Dukat is a community of the Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Vlorë.[1]

World War II

During World War II Dukat was part of the battlefield of the battle of Gjorm, where Albanian resistance units defeated and routed the troops of the Kingdom of Italy.[2]

References

  1. Law nr. 115/2014
  2. Pearson, Owen (2006). Albania in Occupation and War: From Fascism to Communism 1940-1945. I.B.Tauris. p. 230. ISBN 1-84511-104-4.


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