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Kamza is now a city in intensive development. The last 20 years have proven this, especially since 2007 to the present, Kamza has shown extraordinary progress. This progress is evident in all areas: population growth, infrastructure, state institutions, education, healthcare, culture, sports, etc. Likewise, the flourishing of free enterprise, with a tripling in the number of businesses, is an indicator of this city's vitality, which is growing day by day.
However, earlier, Kamza did not have the appearance it has today, but was a plain, which for most of the time was flooded by water and, as a result, was a not very populated area. 22 centuries ago, the lands of Kamza had Preza as its capital. Around 1250 AD, settlements in the Kamza area were around the banks of the Tirana and Tërkuza rivers, a period in which the owners of these lands were Tanush and Karl Topia. This region, at the time of the Turkish invasions, joined the Principality of Kastriots. In the four sieges of Kruja, 1450-1478, Kamza was burned and many farmers were taken prisoner by Sultan Murat II and (his son) Mehmet II.
Around 1431 the name Kamza comes to light. There are two stories that tell the origin of the name Kamza
The name Kamza was born around 1430. Evidence that has been found to this day claims that there were many wild olive trees in the lands of Kamza. Sprouts called kamza olives grew around the trunk, and for this reason the lands between the Tirana and Tërkuza rivers were called Kamza.
In 1431, the name Kamza appeared, which still has no authorship, but according to tradition, when an old woman was spinning wool, passersby asked her: “What are you doing, my mother?” The woman replied: “I am knitting in kamza”. This is how it is thought that the name stuck, which has not changed even today, but has taken on other dimensions.
In 1700, the number of houses with villagers coming down from the highlands began to increase.
At this time, Kamza began to be viewed with greedy eyes to make it their property. The claimants were the great tribes of the Bushatllinj of Shkodra and Ahmet Kurt Pasha of Berat.
For a period of 70 years, they waged wars among themselves, but in the end, no one won. During this period, Kamza was greatly ruined.
The feudal lords of Kruja, the Toptans, with the help of Turkey, in 1830, became the owners of Tirana and Kamza. They gave all those who served them plots of land and thus the repopulation of Kamza began. In the period after the dissolution of the League of Prizren, detachments were also created in Kamza to fight against the Turks. The first organizer for their creation in this area was the patriot Murat Toptani, who on May 5, 1882, created the first military garrison that initially had 50 fighters, where the following stood out: Mustafa Ismaili, Hamdi Ismaili, Selim Beshiri, Hajdar Sina, Bajram Doma, Rexhep Maloku, Roc Tresa, Sadik Karaj, Bajram Qejvani led by Refik Toptani.
After the Liberation, Kamza was initially formed as a state economy with a cooperative character and after the agrarian reform, Kamza became one of the largest agricultural enterprises in Albania. This enterprise is known as the agricultural enterprise "Ylli i Kuq" and served as the main supplier of the capital with various agricultural and livestock products. This period continued for about 45 years and after the establishment of democracy in Albania, Kamza also underwent very deep democratic changes.
In 1991, pluralism was established in Kamza, also in the division of local government, which was governed by a political balance of the two main forces at the time, representing the Albanian People's Party on the one hand and the democratic forces, led by the Democratic Party on the other. In 1992, for the first time in all of Albania, the first democratic elections were held, both for central and local government. At this time, Kamza, as a local unit, was called a commune. The Democratic Party won in Kamza. At this time, only 12,500 residents were registered in Kamza. In the next local government elections, which were held in 1996, by a decision of the democratic government, Kamza changed its name from commune to municipality. This moment also marks the creation of the institution of the Municipality of Kamza. Since then, the number of residents has been increasing. According to the 2011 Census (the process of registering residents and housing throughout Albania), the Municipality of Kamza ranked 6th in terms of population and 5th in terms of number of buildings. This makes the Municipality of Kamza and its citizens one of the main contributors to the urbanization of Albania.
