Balkans
Albania
Kukës County

Papaj

Papaj is a village in , and has an elevation of 868 metres. Papaj is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Kukës County, Albania
  • Also known as: “Ballaban” and “Papaj Ballaban”
  • Address: TROPOJË

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shkëlzen.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mountain situated in the , bounded by the river valley to the northeast, the Gashi river valley to the southwest, and the Tropojë basin to the southeast. is situated 3½ km northwest of Papaj.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tropoja and Viçidol.

Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tropojë is a municipality in Kukës County, , within the historical ethnographic region of the Gjakova Highlands.

Village
is a village in the , northern . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality . It is located 2.4 kilometres away from the town of and 4.6 kilometres from the border with . is situated 6 km south of Papaj.

Papaj

Latitude
42.4337° or 42° 26′ 1″ north
Longitude
20.1601° or 20° 9′ 37″ east
Elevation
868 metres (2,848 feet)
Open location code
8GJ2C5M6+F3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 728416771
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
782094
Wiki­data ID
Q13043932
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Serbian—“Papaj” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Papaj”
  • Hungarian: “Papaj”
  • Hungarian: “Papaji”
  • Polish: “Papaj”
  • Serbian: “Папај (Албанија)”
  • Serbian: “Папај”

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