Kashar

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Kashar
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Kashar
Coordinates: 41°20′54″N19°43′04″E / 41.34833°N 19.71778°E / 41.34833; 19.71778
CountryFlag of Albania.svg  Albania
County Tirana
Municipality Tirana
 • Municipal unit37.34 km2 (14.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 [1] )
 • Municipal unit
89,395
 • Municipal unit density2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code
1051
Area Code(0)48

Kashar is a village and former municipality in Tirana County, central Albania. Its population as of the 2023 census was 89,395, making it the 3rd most populated municipal unit in the country. [1]

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History

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

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Coat of arms of the former municipality

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

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
198910,969—    
200117,382+58.5%
201143,353+149.4%
202389,395+106.2%
Source: [5] [1]

Kashar consists of ten communities with a total population of almost 90,000. [6] [7]

Economy

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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 the Coca-Cola Bottling Shqipëria. Kashar's economy also relies on agriculture and housing due to a huge influx of people coming to Tirana. Kashar hosts one of Tirana's main parks, Kashar Park, around the Kus village reservoir and the television station Top Channel. [8]

International relations

Kashar is twinned with:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Census of Population and Housing". Institute of Statistics Albania.
  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. ↑ "Albania: All places/communes".
  6. ↑ "Demographics of Kashar". Archived from the original on 2015-04-07. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ "Parku i Kasharit (Purez – Kus) | APR Tirana".
  9. ↑ 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)


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