Kashar

For places in Iran, see Kashar, Iran.
Kashar
Municipal unit
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
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
43,353
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code
1051
Area Code(0)48

Kashar is a village and a former municipality in the Tirana County, central Albania. The population at the 2011 census was 43,353.[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]

Coat of arms of the former municipality

At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tirana.[3][4]

Demographics

Kashar consists of ten communities with a total population of c. 21,000 inhabitants.[5]

Economy

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 Coca-Cola Bottling Shqipëria. Kashar's economy also relies on agriculture and housing due to a huge influx of people coming to Tirana. Kashar also hosts one of Tirana's main parks, Kashar Park around Kus village reservoir, and the television station Top Channel.[6]

International relations

Kashar is twinned with:

References

  1. ^ 2011 census results Archived 2016-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  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. ^ "Demographics of Kashar". Archived from the original on 2015-04-07. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Parku i Kasharit (Purez – Kus) | APR Tirana".
  7. ^ 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)