Poliçan
Poliçan is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dropull. It is within the wider Pogoni region that stretches in both Greece and Albania.- Type: Village with 4,320 residents
- Description: village in Gjirokastër, Albania
- Also known as: “Polican”, “Poliçan, Dropull”, “Poliçani”, and “Policiani”
- Address: BASHKIA DROPULL
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skore and Selckë.
Skore
Village
Photo: Εκδόσεις Σχωριάδες, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skore is one of the six villages of the former commune of Pogon, in southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dropull. Skore is situated 3 km southeast of Poliçan.
Selckë
Village
Selckë is a small village in the former Pogon municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dropull. Selckë is situated 5 km southwest of Poliçan.
Sheper
Village
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Sheper is a community in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. Sheperi is the largest village of the former Zagori municipality. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Libohovë. Sheper is situated 6 km northwest of Poliçan.
Poliçan
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Pogon, Dropull, Gjirokastër County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.1298° or 40° 7′ 47″ northLongitude
20.35177° or 20° 21′ 6″ eastPopulation
4,320Elevation
738 metres (2,421 feet)Open location code
8GG249H2+WPOpenStreetMap ID
node 728425385OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
781980Wikidata ID
Q16352602
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Russian—“Poliçan” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Poliçan”
- Greek: “Πολύτσανη”
- Irish: “Poliçan”
- Russian: “Поличан”
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