The first belt, Zone A, is characterised by its urban development and tourism infrastructure and is known as “sun-sea belt”. The cities composing this zone are Durres, Vlora, Lezha, Saranda, Velipoja, Himara, Ksamili and Divjaka. Although technically not a coastal city, Tirana is sometimes considered as such, given its proximity to the coastline and the functional links with coastal city of Durres, which constitutes the main port of the country.