Kashar

Kashar
Municipality
Kashar
Coordinates: 41°21′N 19°43′E / 41.350°N 19.717°ECoordinates: 41°21′N 19°43′E / 41.350°N 19.717°E
Country  Albania
County Tirana
Population (2011)
 • Total 43,353
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Car plates TR
Website www.komunakashar.gov.al

Kashar is a municipality in the Tirana District, Tirana County, central Albania.[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. ↑ Albanian government budget legislation
  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)
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