Poliçan
Poliçan is a city and a municipality situated in south-central Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Poliçan, Tërpan and Vërtop, that became municipal units.
- Type: Town with 9,420 residents
- Description: city in Albania
- Also known as: “Polican”, “Policani”, “Polichan”, “ポリチャニ”, and “ポリチャン”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bargullas and Nishovë.
Bargullas
Village
Bargullas is a village in the former municipality of Bogovë in Berat County, Albania. Bargullas is situated 3 km east of Poliçan.
Nishovë
Village
Nishovë is a village in the former municipality of Bogovë in Berat County, Albania. Nishovë is situated 3 km east of Poliçan.
Valë
Village
Valë is a village in the former municipality of Vendreshë in Berat County, Albania. Valë is situated 4 km south of Poliçan.
Poliçan
- Categories: city, rural settlement, and locality
- Location: Bashkia e Poliçanit, Bashkia Poliçan, Berat County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.61221° or 40° 36′ 44″ north
Longitude
20.09898° or 20° 5′ 56″ east
Population
9,420
Elevation
328 metres (1,076 feet)
Open location code
8GG2J36X+VH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Poliçan” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Poliçan”
- Albanian: “Poliçani”
- Asturian: “Poliçan”
- Azerbaijani: “Poliçan”
- Bulgarian: “Поличан”
- Catalan: “Poliçan”
- Cebuano: “Poliçan”
- Chinese: “波利钱”
- Czech: “Poliçan”
- Danish: “Poliçan”
- Dutch: “Poliçan”
- Finnish: “Poliçan”
- French: “Poliçan”
- German: “Poliçan”
- Greek: “Πολιτσάν”
- Greek: “Πολύτσανη”
- Hungarian: “Poliçan”
- Italian: “Poliçan”
- Japanese: “ポリチャーン”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Poliçan”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Pulician”
- Macedonian: “Поличани”
- Maltese: “Poliçan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Poliçan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Poliçan”
- Norwegian: “Poliçan”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Poliçan”
- Persian: “پولیچان”
- Polish: “Poliçan”
- Portuguese: “Poliçan”
- Romanian: “Poliçan”
- Russian: “Поличан”
- Russian: “Поличани”
- Slovak: “Poliçan”
- Slovenian: “Poliçan”
- Spanish: “Poliçan”
- Swedish: “Poliçan”
- Tatar: “Поличан”
- Tumbuka: “Poliçan”
- Turkish: “Poliçan”
- Ukrainian: “Полічан”
- Urdu: “پولیسانی”
- Vietnamese: “Poliçan”
- Waray (Philippines): “Poliçan”
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