Mat District () was one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 newly created counties. It had a population of 61,906 in 2001, and an area of .Districts of Albania, statoids.com It was named after the river Mat, which flows through the district. Its capital was the town of Burrel. Its territory is now part of Dibër County: the municipalities of Mat and Klos.
Administrative divisions The district consisted of the following municipalities:
Baz Burrel Derjan Gurrë Klos Komsi Lis Macukull Rukaj Suç Ulëz Xibër
History Mat is believed to be one of the oldest Albanian settlements, most likely as old as the 2nd-5th century AD. At the beginning of the 15th century the Lord of Matja was Gjon Kastrioti, father of Skanderbeg. When Skanderbeg began his rebellion against Ottomans he also became the lord of Mat and some other territories as well. A synod of Catholic archdiocese was held in Matja in 1462 by Pal Egnelli known for his baptismal formula.
Notable locals Zog of Albania, King of the Albanians Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Hereditary governors NamePortraitBirth and deathReign startedReign endedMarriagesSuccession right1Zogu Pasha [Zogu the Great]???Unknown wife2'Abdu'llah Bey Zogolli???Unknown wifeson of
Zogu Pasha3Ahmad Bey Zogolli???Unknown wifeson of
'Abdu'llah Bey Zogolli4Mahmud Pasha Zogolli???Unknown wife [4 childs]son of Ahmad Bey Zogolli5Xhelal Pasha Zogolli???Ruhijé Hanem [4 childs]son of Mahmud Pasha Zogolli6Riza Zogolli???Never marriedson of Xhelal Pasha Zogolli7Xhemal Pasha Zogu1860 Castle Burgajet (Albania)
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1911?1911Zenja Malika Khanum 1880
[1 child]
Sadiya Khanum
1887
[8 childs]brother of Riza Zogolli8Zog I8 October 1895 Burgajet Castle (Ottoman Empire)
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9 April 1961
Suresnes (France)
(aged 65)19119 April 1961Countess Geraldine Apponyi de Nagy-Apponyi April 1938
[1 child]Son of Xhemal Pasha Zogu9Leka I5 April 1939 Tirana
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30 November 2011
Tirana
(aged 72)9 April 196130 November 2011Susan Cullen-Ward 1975
[1 child]Son of Zog I10Leka II 26 March 1982 Johannesburg (South Africa)
(age 34)30 November 2011PresentElia Zaharia 2016Son of Leka I
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See also Mat (municipality)
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