Kukës

Country	Albania
County	Kukës County
District	Kukës District
Elevation	320 m (1,050 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	17,222
Time zone	UTC+1 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8501-8503
Car Plates	KU
Website	www.bashkiakukes.com

Kukës is a town in Albania. It the capital of Kukës District and Kukës County. About 16,000 people live here. The town is in the mountains of northern Albania. It is famous because during the Kosovo conflict they took 450,000 refugees from Kosovo(Serbia).^[1] This led, in 2000, to a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.^[1] It was the first time a town was nominated for the prize.

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Filipovic set free, Montgomery in Belgrade, Milosevic on Nobel Prize list, Otpor T-shirts sold on the streets, Brovina still in prison

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[balkansnet-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Filipovic set free, Montgomery in Belgrade, Milosevic on Nobel Prize list, Otpor T-shirts sold on the streets, Brovina still in prison

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