[4] Ruins in the style of the old Gorica bridge in Berat attest to the existence of early inhabitants and what would later become the town today.

The contemporary city has its origins in recent displacements of residents from nearby villages over the last 100 years.

Dimal was the scene of violent riots in 1997 between supporters of the political parties PS and PD, in the context of the Albanian unrest of 1997 that was ignited by failing pyramid schemes.

[5] The town is situated on both banks of the river Osum, at the foot of low mountains.

Primarily a middle to low-aged population, similar to other Albanian communities in transition, Ura Vajgurore has witnessed an increase in external and internal migration, and immigration of people from mountainous villages of Berat.