Kashar

Municipal unit in Tirana, Albania
41°20′54″N 19°43′04″E / 41.34833°N 19.71778°E / 41.34833; 19.71778Country AlbaniaCountyTiranaMunicipalityTiranaPopulation
 (2011)
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43,353Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal Code
1051
Area Code(0)48

Kashar is a village and a former municipality in the Tirana County, central Albania. The population at the 2011 census was 43,353.[1]

History

The village was first attested in 1456 as the battlefield of a battle between the League of Lezhë and the Ottoman Empire.[2]

Coat of arms of the former municipality

At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tirana.[3][4]

Demographics

Kashar consists of ten communities with a total population of c. 21,000 inhabitants.[5]

Economy

ALBtelecom Headquarters

Kashar is the industrial hub of Tirana with many large companies located there. The biggest Albanian company that is located there is ALBtelecom, a privately owned company that offers telecommunication services. There is also Coca-Cola Bottling Shqipëria. Kashar's economy also relies on agriculture and housing due to a huge influx of people coming to Tirana. Kashar also hosts one of Tirana's main parks, Kashar Park around Kus village reservoir, and the television station Top Channel.[6]

International relations

Kashar is twinned with:

References

  1. ^ 2011 census results Archived 2016-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "History of Kashar" (in Albanian). Official website of Kashar. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Albania Passes Landmark Territorial Reform". 1 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6375. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Demographics of Kashar". Archived from the original on 2015-04-07. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Parku i Kasharit (Purez – Kus) | APR Tirana".
  7. ^ MIRATIMIN E MARVESHJES SE BINJAKEZIMIT NDERMJET KOMUNES KASHAR DHE BASHKISE SINDOS SELANIK GREQI Archived 2010-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, Komuna Kashar (in Albanian)
Places adjacent to Kashar
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Subdivisions of Tirana Municipality
Municipal Seat: Tirana
Administrative Unit of Baldushk
Administrative Unit of Bërzhitë
Administrative Unit of Dajt
Administrative Unit of Farkë
Administrative Unit of Kashar
Administrative Unit of Krrabë
Administrative Unit of Ndroq
Administrative Unit of Petrelë
Administrative Unit of Pezë
Administrative Unit of Shëngjergj
Administrative Unit of Tirana (1–11)[1]
Administrative Unit of Vaqarr
Administrative Unit of Zall-Bastar
Administrative Unit of Zall-Herr
  1. ^ Each of the 11 divisions is an administrative unit


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