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
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
43,353
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 the Tirana County, central Albania. Its population in the 2011 census was 43,353. [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

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

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. [6]

International relations

Kashar is twinned with:

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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)


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