Editing Pogradec (section)

{{Short description|City in southeastern Albania}}
{{Infobox Albanian settlement
| name                   = Pogradec
| type                   = m
| flag                   = Flag of Pogradec.jpg
| emblem                 = Stema e Bashkisë Pogradec.svg
| image_skyline          = {{multiple image
 | border                       = infobox
 | total_width                  = 300
 | image_style                  = border:1;
 | perrow                       = 1/2/2
 | image1                       = Pogradec from Kalaja.jpg
 | image2                       = Pogradec, Albania – Promenade 2018 19.jpg
 | image3                       = Pogradec, Albania 2018 09 – Burime (Old Town).jpg
 | image4                       = Church in Pogradec.jpg
 | image5                       = Pogradec, Albania 2018 05.jpg}}
| image_caption                 = '''Top to bottom, left to right''': View of Pogradec from [[Pogradec Castle]], Statue Playing Flute, Old town of Pogradec with St. Mary's Albanian Orthodox Church, Resurrection Orthodox Cathedral, Villa Sigal in Reshit Çollaku Street.
| map                    = 
| location               =
| county                 = Korçë
| parts                  =
| settled                =
| incorporated           =
| dissolved              =
| party                  = [[Socialist Party of Albania|PS]]
| mayor                  = Ilir Xhakolli<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Bashkia Pogradec |title=Drejtuesit e Bashkise–Kryetari Bashkise |url=https://bashkiapogradec.gov.al/drejtuesit/kryetari-bashkise/ilir-xhakolli-1/ |access-date=10 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010190655/https://bashkiapogradec.gov.al/drejtuesit/kryetari-bashkise/ilir-xhakolli-1/ |archive-date=10 October 2020 |language=sq}}</ref>
| council chairman       =
| administrator          = 
| coordinates            = {{coord|40|54|N|20|39|E|type:adm1st_region:AL_dim:100000|display=it}} 
| elevation              = 735
| area munic             = 584.77
| area rank              =
| 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=3.47| population munic       = 46070
| population unit        = 17371
| population rank        = 
| demonym                = {{langx|sq|Pogradecar (m), Pogradecare (f)}}
| postal code            = 7301–7303
| area code              = (0)83
| website                = {{URL|https://bashkiapogradec.gov.al/}}
}}
'''Pogradec''' ({{IPA|sq|pɔɡɾaˈdɛt͡s}},) is the [[List of cities and towns in Albania|eleventh most populous city]] in [[Albania]] and the capital of the eponymous municipality. It is located on a [[List of settlements on the Lake Ohrid coastline|narrow plain]] between two mountain chains along the southwestern banks of the [[Lake of Ohrid]]. Its climate is profoundly influenced by a seasonal [[Mediterranean climate|Mediterranean]] and [[continental climate]]. The total municipal population is 46,070, of which 17,371 is in the municipal unit as of the 2023 census.<ref name="2023pop" />{{historical populations|1950|4275|1960|7764|1969|9800|1979|13000|1989|19272|2001|23762|2011|20848|2023|17371|align=right|cols=1|source=<ref>{{cite web |title=Cities of Albania|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/albania-cities.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Albania: All places/communes|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/albania-census1989.htm}}</ref><ref name="2023pop" />}}

Pogradec and its surroundings were listed by [[UNESCO]] as a [[World Heritage Site]] as part of the [[Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region (Albania)|natural and cultural heritage]] of the [[Albanian Ohrid Lake Coast|region of Ohrid]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] (UNESCO) |title=Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/99 |access-date=10 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010195523/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/99 |archive-date=10 October 2020}}</ref> Nevertheless, the [[Royal Tombs of Selca e Poshtme|Illyrian Royal Tombs]] in the adjacent unit of [[Proptisht]] are on the [[List of World Heritage Sites in Albania#Tentative list|Albanian tentative list]] for becoming a [[World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] (UNESCO) |title=Les tombes de la Basse Selca |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/909/ |access-date=10 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010201908/https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/909/ |archive-date=10 October 2020 |language=fr}}</ref>