Picar

Picar is a village and a former municipality in the , southern . At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality .
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: municipal unit in Gjirokastër, Albania
  • Also known as: Koron-Picar”, “Novacë”, and “Picari
  • Address: BASHKIA GJIROKASTËR

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kolonjë and Humelicë.

Village
is a small village in , southern Albania, located northwest of the city which is about 30 minutes away. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality . is situated 3½ km west of Picar.

Village
is a village in , southern . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of . It is inhabited by an Orthodox Christian population of Aromanians with a minority of Orthodox Christian Albanians. is situated 3½ km east of Picar.

Village
, is a village in the administrative unit of , , southern . The village is well known because in its vicinity is the Paleokastra castle. is situated 4½ km east of Picar.

Picar

Latitude
40.16911° or 40° 10′ 9″ north
Longitude
20.05016° or 20° 3′ 1″ east
Elevation
295 metres (968 feet)
Open location code
8GG25392+J3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 728424043
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
782169
Wiki­data ID
Q2713485
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Picar” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Komuna Picar
  • Albanian: Njësia administrative Picar
  • Catalan: Picar
  • Cebuano: Komuna e Picarit
  • Czech: Picar
  • Dutch: Picar
  • French: Picar
  • Greek: Πικάρ
  • Italian: Picar
  • Malay: Picar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Picar
  • Polish: Gmina Picar
  • Portuguese: Picar
  • Spanish: Picar
  • Swedish: Komuna e Picarit
  • Turkish: Piçar
  • Uzbek: Picar
  • Vietnamese: Picar
  • Waray (Philippines): Picar

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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 Wikipedia page “Picar”. Photo: ToSter, CC BY-SA 3.0.