Kashar

Kashar
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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
Municipality(s) Tirana
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

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]

Economy

ALBtelecom Headquarters

Kashar is the industrial hub of Tirana with many big companies located there. The biggest Albanian company that is located there is ALBtelecom. ALBtelecom is a private owned company that offers telecommunication services and they have a telephone service provider Eagle Mobile. There is also Coca-Cola Bottling Shqipëria. Kashar's economy also relies on agriculture and housing due to a huge influx of people coming to Tirana

International relations

Kashar is twinned with:

References

  1. ↑ Law nr. 115/2014
  2. ↑ 2011 census results Archived 2016-02-07 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "History of Kashar" (in Albanian). Official website of Kashar. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "Demographics of Kashar". Archived from the original on 2015-04-07. 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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