Kashar

For places in Iran, see Kashar, Iran.
Kashar
Administrative Unit
Kashar
Coordinates: 41°21′N 19°43′E / 41.350°N 19.717°E / 41.350; 19.717Coordinates: 41°21′N 19°43′E / 41.350°N 19.717°E / 41.350; 19.717
Country Albania Albania
County Tirana
Municipality Tirana
Government
 • Administrator Erin Çatri
Population (2011)
 • Administrative Unit 43,353
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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)
 Kamëz
Vorë Tirana
   Kashar  
Vaqarr
  1. ↑ Each of the 11 divisions is an administrative unit
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