Këlcyrë
Këlcyrë is a town and a municipality in southern Albania, located on the bank of the river Vjosë. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Ballaban, Dishnicë, Këlcyrë and Sukë, that became municipal units.- Type: Town with 3,100 residents
- Description: town of Albania
- Also known as: “Kelcyre”, “Kelcyrës”, and “Kleisoura”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kelcyre Castle.
Kelcyre Castle
Castle
Këlcyrë Castle is a castle near the city of Këlcyrë. The castle was first built in the 3rd-4th century BC by Illyrian tribes in the region.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Limar and Mezhgoran.
Mezhgoran
Village
Mezhgoran is a community in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the Tepelenë municipality. Mezhgoran is situated 8 km west of Këlcyrë.
Këlcyrë
- Categories: city, human settlement, rural settlement, and locality
- Location: Bashkia e Këlcyrës, Bashkia Kelcyrë, Gjirokastër County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.31351° or 40° 18′ 49″ north
Longitude
20.19228° or 20° 11′ 32″ east
Population
3,100
Elevation
205 metres (673 feet)
Open location code
8GG2857R+CW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Këlcyrë” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kelcyra”
- Albanian: “Këlcyra”
- Albanian: “Këlcyrë”
- Asturian: “Këlcyrë”
- Azerbaijani: “Kəlsıra”
- Bulgarian: “Клисура”
- Bulgarian: “Кълцюра”
- Cebuano: “Këlcyrë”
- Chinese: “克尔曲勒”
- Chinese: “克尔曲拉”
- Chinese: “克爾曲勒”
- Czech: “Këlcyrë”
- Dutch: “Kelcyra”
- Dutch: “Këlcyra”
- Dutch: “Kelcyre”
- Dutch: “Këlcyrë”
- Finnish: “Këlcyrë”
- French: “Këlcyrë”
- German: “Kelcyra”
- German: “Këlcyra”
- German: “Kelcyre”
- Greek: “Κλεισούρα”
- Hungarian: “Këlcyra”
- Hungarian: “Këlcyrë”
- Hungarian: “Klissura”
- Irish: “Këlcyrë”
- Italian: “Kelcyre”
- Italian: “Këlcyrë”
- Japanese: “ケルツィーラ”
- Macedonian: “Калцира”
- Macedonian: “Клисура”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Këlcyrë”
- Persian: “کلسیر”
- Polish: “Këlcyra”
- Polish: “Këlcyrë”
- Portuguese: “Këlcyrë”
- Romanian: “Kelcyra”
- Romanian: “Këlcyra”
- Russian: “Кельцира”
- Russian: “Кельцюра”
- Spanish: “Këlcyrë”
- Swedish: “Këlcyrë”
- Tatar: “Кылcүра”
- Turkish: “Këlcyra”
- Turkish: “Klisura”
- Ukrainian: “Кельцюра”
- Vietnamese: “Këlcyrë”
- Waray (Philippines): “Këlcyrë”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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