Kashar

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Kashar
Municipal unit
Kashar
Coordinates: 41°20′54″N19°43′04″E / 41.34833°N 19.71778°E / 41.34833; 19.71778
Country	Albania
County	Tirana
Municipality	Tirana
• Municipal unit	37.34 km2 (14.42 sq mi)
Population  (2023 [1] )
• Municipal unit	89,395
• Municipal unit density	2,400/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]

History

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

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

Year	Pop.	±%
1989	10,969	—
2001	17,382	+58.5%
2011	43,353	+149.4%
2023	89,395	+106.2%
Source: [5] [1]

Kashar consists of ten communities with a total population of almost 90,000. ^{[6] [1]}

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 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. ^[7] Additionally, Kashar is home to Timak, an Albanian manufacturer of ambulances, trailers, and military vehicles.

International relations

Kashar is twinned with:

• Sindos, Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece ^[8]

References

1. "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. "Parku i Kasharit (Purez – Kus) | APR Tirana".
8. 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)