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{{Infobox Albanian settlement
| name                   = Kamëz
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| emblem                 = Stema e Bashkisë Kamëz.svg
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| image1 = Kamëz, Albania 01 - Town Center.jpg
| image2 = Kamëz, Albania 03 - Palace of Culture.jpg
| image3 = Kamëz, Albania 07 - Agricultural University of Tirana.jpg
| footer = From the top, Kamëz Town centre, Palace of Culture, [[Agricultural University of Tirana]]}}
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| county                 = Tirana
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| party                  = [[Socialist Party of Albania|PS]]
| mayor                  = Rakip Suli
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| area munic             = 37.20
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| population as of       = 2023<ref name="2023pop">{{cite web |title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.instat.gov.al/en/themes/censuses/census-of-population-and-housing/|publisher=Institute of Statistics Albania}}</ref>
|area_unit=24.07| population munic       = 96137
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| postal code            = 1030
| area code              = (0)47
| website                = {{URL|https://kamza.gov.al/}}
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'''Kamëz''' ({{lang-sq-definite|Kamza}}) is a municipality in [[Tirana County]], [[Albania]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/Albania.html|title=Albania: Prefectures, Municipalities, Municipal Units, Cities and Agglomerations - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts|website=Citypopulation.de|access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Kamëz and [[Paskuqan]], that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Kamëz.<ref name=law115>{{cite web |url=https://www.vendime.al/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/137-2014.pdf |title=Law nr. 115/2014 |language=sq |pages=6375|access-date=25 February 2022 }}</ref> The municipality's population is 96,137 as of the 2023 census, while the municipal unit has a population of 61,739,<ref name="2023pop" /> in a total area of 37.20 km<sup>2</sup>.{{historical populations|1989|8589|2001|44443|2011|66841|2023|61739|cols=1|source=<ref>{{cite web |title=Albania: All places/communes|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/albania-census1989.htm}}</ref><ref name="2023pop" />|align=right}}

Kamëz was one of the applicants for the 2019 [[European Green Capital Award]]s,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/environment/europeangreencapital/news/20161116.html|title=European Green Capital|website=Ec.europa.eu|access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> which was won by [[Oslo]].<ref>[https://www.greencapital2019.com/about-us Oslo European Green Capital 2019]</ref>

==History==
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[[File:Tirana Expansion.png|200px|thumb|left|[[Tirana]]&Kamza Expansion]]
Kamez is located on the site of an Ancient Illyrian village. The area may have been visited by Emperor [[Justinian I|Justinian I or]] [[Belisarius]]. Prior to the 1990s, Kamëz was a sparsely populated and predominantly agricultural area. Following the post 1990s Albanian population movements, the area experienced massive influxes of inhabitants from all over Albania. The newly formed city is known to bear impressive street names belonging to international personalities, capital cities, and organizations, such as Donald Trump Street.

==Subdivisions==

The municipality Kamëz consists of the town Kamëz and the following villages:<ref name=law115/>
{{flatlist|
* [[Babrru]]
* [[Bathore]]
* [[Bulçesh, Kamëz|Bulçesh]]
* [[Fushë e Kërçikëve]]
* [[Frutikulturë]]
* [[Kodër e Kuqe]]
* [[Koder Babrru|Kodër-Babrru]]
* [[Laknas]]
* [[Paskuqan]]
* [[Paskuqan Fushe|Paskuqan-Fushë]]
* [[Paskuqan Kodër|Paskuqan-Kodër]]
* [[Shpat]]
* [[Valias]]
* [[Zall-Mner]]
}}

==Sports==
The main [[soccer|football]] team, [[KS Kamza]], plays in the [[Albanian Second Division]] at [[Kamëz Stadium|Fusha Sportive Kamëz]]. It is the site of the [[Agricultural University of Tirana]]. The basketball team [[BC Kamza Basket]] are 6 times national champions and play their home games at [[Salla Sportive Bathore]].

==Twin and sister towns==
{{main|List of twin towns and sister cities in Albania}}
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Castenaso]], Italy<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gemellaggi - Città di Castenaso|url=https://www.comune.castenaso.bo.it/it-it/vivere-il-comune/rubriche/gemellaggi-2215-1-0ff2437ef93c823f78d47da5b388d5de|access-date=2021-09-02|website=www.comune.castenaso.bo.it}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Kemalpaşa]], Turkey<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kamza.gov.al/previewdoc.php?file_id=333 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-06-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922041205/http://www.kamza.gov.al/previewdoc.php?file_id=333 |archive-date=2013-09-22 }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Macerata]], Italy<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kamza.gov.al/previewdoc.php?file_id=332 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-06-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921214737/http://www.kamza.gov.al/previewdoc.php?file_id=332 |archive-date=2013-09-21 }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]], United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ina-online.net/diaspora/10759.html|title=ILIRIA NEWS AGENCY - Kamza binjakëzim me Yonkers|date=30 October 2011|access-date=28 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030124058/http://ina-online.net/diaspora/10759.html|archive-date=30 October 2011}}</ref>

===Cooperation and friendship===
Kamëz also cooperates with:
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Jena]], Germany<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kamza, Albanien {{!}} Jena International|url=https://international.jena.de/de/kamza-albanien|access-date=2021-09-13|website=international.jena.de|language=de}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Municipalities of Albania}}
{{Tirana County}}
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[[Category:Municipalities in Tirana County]]
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