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Pogradec

Pogradec is a town in the east of on the shores of Lake Ohrid. In 2019 the mixed UNESCO World Heritage site "Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region" was extended to also include the Albanian side of the lake.
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  • Type: Town with 30,000 residents
  • Description: city in southeastern Albania
  • Also known as: “Pogradets”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pogradec Castle and Gjorgji Kyçyku Stadium.

Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a ruined castle in Pogradec, eastern . At its highest point, it stands 205 metres above .

Stadium
Photo: Albinfo, CC0.
is a stadium in Pogradec, . It is the home ground of KS Pogradeci.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rëmenj.

Village
is a village near in . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Pogradec. Its name refers to the former presence of Aromanians in the area, drawing from the traditional Albanian rëmër, derived in Tosk Albanian from romanus.

Pogradec

Latitude
40.8999° or 40° 53′ 60″ north
Longitude
20.6574° or 20° 39′ 27″ east
Population
30,000
Elevation
702 metres (2,303 feet)
Open location code
8GG2VMX4+WX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5313460940
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
781988
Wiki­data ID
Q73639
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Pogradec” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Pogradec”
  • Albanian: “Pogradec”
  • Albanian: “Pogradecë”
  • Albanian: “Pogradeci”
  • Arabic: “بوغراديس”
  • Arabic: “بوغراديك”
  • Armenian: “Պոգրադեց”
  • Asturian: “Pogradec”
  • Azerbaijani: “Poqradez”
  • Belarusian: “Паградзец”
  • Belarusian: “Паградэц”
  • Bulgarian: “Поградец”
  • Bulgarian: “Подградец”
  • Catalan: “Pogradec”
  • Chinese: “波格拉德茨”
  • Czech: “Pogradec”
  • Danish: “Pogradec”
  • Dutch: “Pogradec”
  • Dutch: “Pogradeci”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوجراديك”
  • Finnish: “Pogradec”
  • French: “Pogradec”
  • French: “Pogradetz”
  • German: “Pogradec”
  • German: “Pogradeci”
  • Greek: “Πόγκραδετς”
  • Greek: “Πόγραδετς”
  • Greek: “Πογραδέτσι”
  • Hebrew: “פוגראדץ”
  • Hebrew: “פוגרדץ”
  • Hungarian: “Pogradec”
  • Hungarian: “Pogradeci”
  • Ido: “Pogradec”
  • Italian: “Pogradec”
  • Japanese: “ポグラデツ”
  • Kongo: “Pogradec”
  • Korean: “포그라데츠”
  • Lithuanian: “Pogradecas”
  • Lithuanian: “Pogradeci”
  • Lithuanian: “Pogradecis”
  • Lombard: “Pogradec”
  • Luba-Lulua: “Pogradec”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Pugradets”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Pugrãdets”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Pugradetsa”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Pugrãdetsa”
  • Macedonian: “Општина Поградец”
  • Macedonian: “Поградец”
  • Macedonian: “Подградец”
  • Maltese: “Pogradec”
  • Mingrelian: “პოგრადეცი”
  • Moksha: “Поградэц”
  • Northern Frisian: “Pogradec”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pogradec”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pogradec”
  • Norwegian: “Pogradec”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pogradec”
  • Persian: “پوگرادتس”
  • Polish: “Pogradec”
  • Pontic: “Πόγραδετς”
  • Portuguese: “Pogradec”
  • Romanian: “Pogradeţ”
  • Romanian: “Pogradeț”
  • Russian: “Поградец”
  • Russian: “Подградец”
  • Scots: “Pogradec”
  • Serbian: “Pogradeci”
  • Serbian: “Поградец”
  • Serbian: “Подградец”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Podgradec”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pogradec”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Подградец”
  • Silesian: “Pogradeci”
  • Slovak: “Pogradec”
  • Slovenian: “Pogradec”
  • Spanish: “Pogradec”
  • Swahili: “Pogradec”
  • Swedish: “Pogradec”
  • Swedish: “Pogrades”
  • Swiss German: “Pogradec”
  • Tatar: “Поградетс”
  • Thai: “ปอกราเดตส์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Pogradec”
  • Turkish: “Pogradaş”
  • Turkish: “Pogradec”
  • Ukrainian: “Поградец”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Pogradec”
  • Urdu: “پوگرادتس”
  • Vietnamese: “Pogradec”
  • Volapük: “Pogradeci”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Pogradec”
  • Western Panjabi: “پوگرادتس”
  • “Pugradets”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Pogradec”. Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0.