Besh, Albania

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Coordinates: 41°25′N19°55′E / 41.417°N 19.917°E / 41.417; 19.917 Coordinates: 41°25′N19°55′E / 41.417°N 19.917°E / 41.417; 19.917
CountryFlag of Albania.svg  Albania
County Tirana
Municipality Tirana
Municipal unit Zall-Bastar
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Besh is a village in the former municipality of Zall-Bastar in Tirana County, Albania. [1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tirana. [2]

Demographic history

Besh (Bensh) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the timar of Mustafa in the nahiyah of Benda. The settlement was small with only a total of three households represented by: Kal Sundia, Shtjafën Bozhiku, and Martin Franku. [3]

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References

  1. "Qarku Tirane". Shoqata e Komunave të Shqipërisë. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  2. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6375. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 178.