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Dra County

county of Kingdom of Serbia

19121913

Coat of arms

Capital Dra (Durrs)

History

- First Balkan War 29 November 1912- Disestablished April 1913

Today part of Albania

Territorial expansionof the Kingdom of

Serbia in 1913.

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Dra County (Serbian: ) was one of the counties of the Kingdom of Serbiaestablished on 29 November 1912 on the part of the territory of Albania taken from the OttomanEmpire during the First Balkan War. Durrs County had four districts (Serbian: ): Durres, Lezha,

Elbasan and Tirana.[1][2] The army of the Kingdom of Serbia retreated from Durrs in April 1913.

Establishment

The army of the Kingdom of Serbia captured Durrs on 29 November 1912without any resistance. An Orthodox bishop from Durrs named Jakovgave a particularly warm welcome to the new authorities. According to a1929 work by Serbian essayist Milutin Lazarevi, the Christian population

of Durrs was thrilled by the arrival of the Serbian army.[3] Right after theirarrival in Durrs, on 29 November 1912, the Kingdom of Serbia establisheddistrict offices and appointed the governor of the county, mayor of the city,

and commander of the military garrison.[4]

The first governor of Durrs County was Ivan Ivani, a Serbian diplomat.His wife Delfa, who was famous as one of the founders of the Circle ofSerbian Sisters (Serbian: Kolo Srpskih Sestara), governed the city hospitalin Durrs.[5][6] The first mayor of Durrs was Petar urakovi, a memberof a family from this city, while members of the city council were Hristos

Spiro, Imam Husein Efendi and Filip Seri.[7] When the army of Kingdomof Serbia occupied Albania in 1912, Dragutin Anastasijevi was engaged as a translator for the

Greek language and, after a while, he was appointed as governor of Durrs County[8] instead of Ivan

Ivani.

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