Kashar

Kashar
Municipal unit
Kashar
Coordinates: 41°20′54″N 19°43′04″E / 41.34833°N 19.71778°E / 41.34833; 19.71778
Country	Albania
County	Tirana
Municipality	Tirana
• Municipal unit	37.34 km2 (14.42 sq mi)
Population  (2023[1])
• Municipal unit	89,395
• Municipal unit density	2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code	1051
Area Code	(0)48

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.^[1]

The village was first attested in 1456 as the battlefield between the League of Lezhë and the Ottoman Empire.^[2]

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

Kashar consists of ten communities with a total population of almost 90,000.^[6][1]

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.^[7]

Kashar is twinned with:

• Sindos, Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece^[8]

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