Kashar
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|county = Tirana
|municipality = Tirana
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Kashar is a village and former municipality in Tirana County, central Albania. Its population as of the 2023 census was 89,395, making it the 3rd most populated municipal unit in the country.
History
The village was first attested in 1456 as the battlefield between the League of Lezhë and the Ottoman Empire.{{cite web|url=http://komunakashar.gov.al/historiku|title=History of Kashar|publisher=Official website of Kashar|language=sq|access-date=9 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009002637/http://www.komunakashar.gov.al/historiku|archive-date=9 October 2010}}
In the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the municipality Tirana.{{Cite web|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2014/08/01/albania-parliament-passes-key-territorial-reform/|title=Albania Passes Landmark Territorial Reform|date=1 August 2014|language=en|access-date=4 August 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.vendime.al/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/137-2014.pdf |title=Law nr. 115/2014 |language=sq |pages=6375|access-date=25 February 2022 }}
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Demographics
{{historical populations|1989|10969|2001|17382|2011|43353|2023|89395|align=right|cols=1|source={{cite web |title=Albania: All places/communes|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/albania-census1989.htm}}}}Kashar consists of ten communities with a total population of almost 90,000.{{cite web|title=Demographics of Kashar|url=http://komunakashar.gov.al/te-dhena-demografike|access-date=9 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407155747/http://komunakashar.gov.al/te-dhena-demografike|archive-date=2015-04-07}}
Economy
File:ALBtelecom Headquarters - Kashar, Tiranë, Albania.jpg
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.{{Cite web|url=https://aprtirana.al/parku-i-kasharit-purez-kus/|title=Parku i Kasharit (Purez – Kus) | APR Tirana}} Additionally, Kashar is home to Timak, an Albanian manufacturer of ambulances, trailers, and military vehicles.
International relations
Kashar is twinned with:
- {{flagicon|Greece}} Sindos, Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece[http://komunakashar.gov.al/selanik-greqi MIRATIMIN E MARVESHJES SE BINJAKEZIMIT NDERMJET KOMUNES KASHAR DHE BASHKISE SINDOS SELANIK GREQI] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009002852/http://www.komunakashar.gov.al/selanik-greqi |date=2010-10-09 }}, Komuna Kashar (in Albanian)
References
{{Geographic location
|North= Kamëz
|Center= Kashar
|East= Tirana
|South= Vaqarr
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|West= Vorë
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Category:Administrative units of Tirana
Category:Former municipalities in Tirana County
Category:Villages in Tirana County
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