Kashar

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Kashar
Coordinates: 41°21′N 19°43′E / 41.35°N 19.72°E / 41.35; 19.72
Country Albania
CountyTirana
MunicipalityTirana
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
43,353
Time 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. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tirana.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 43,353.[2]

History

The village was first attested in 1456 as the battlefield of a battle between the League of Lezhë and the Ottoman Empire.[3]

Demographics

Kashar consists of ten communities with a total population of c. 21,000 inhabitants.[4]

International relations

Kashar is twinned with:

References

  1. ^ Law nr. 115/2014
  2. ^ 2011 census results
  3. ^ "History of Kashar" (in Albanian). Official website of Kashar. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Demographics of Kashar". Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  5. ^ MIRATIMIN E MARVESHJES SE BINJAKEZIMIT NDERMJET KOMUNES KASHAR DHE BASHKISE SINDOS SELANIK GREQI, Komuna Kashar (in Albanian)