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Kashar

Coordinates: 41°20′54″N 19°43′04″E / 41.34833°N 19.71778°E / 41.34833; 19.71778
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Kashar
Kashar is located in Albania
Kashar
Kashar
Coordinates: 41°20′54″N 19°43′04″E / 41.34833°N 19.71778°E / 41.34833; 19.71778
Country Albania
CountyTirana
MunicipalityTirana
 • Municipal unit37.34 km2 (14.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2023[1])
 • Municipal unit
89,395
 • Municipal unit density2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+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 89,395.[1]

History

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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

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
198910,969—    
200117,382+58.5%
201143,353+149.4%
202389,395+106.2%
Source: [5][1]

Kashar consists of ten communities with a total population of almost 90,000.[6][7]

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.[8]

International relations

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Kashar is twinned with:

References

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  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023pop3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Parku i Kasharit (Purez – Kus) | APR Tirana".
  9. ^ 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)