Kashar

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Kashar
Municipality
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
County Tirana County
District Tirana District
Population
  Total 21,000
Time zone Central European Time (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Car Plates TR
Website http://www.komunakashar.gov.al

Kashar is a municipality in the Tirana District, Tirana County, central Albania.[1]

History

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

Demographics

Kashar consists of ten communities with a total population of c. 21,000 inhabitants.[3]

International relations

Twin towns – sister cities

Kashar is twinned with:

References

  1. Albanian government budget legislation
  2. "History of Kashar" (in Albanian). Official website of Kashar. Retrieved 9 December 2010. 
  3. "Demographics of Kashar". Retrieved 9 December 2010. 
  4. MIRATIMIN E MARVESHJES SE BINJAKEZIMIT NDERMJET KOMUNES KASHAR DHE BASHKISE SINDOS SELANIK GREQI, Komuna Kashar (in Albanian)
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