Beçisht
Beçisht is a village in Qender, Tepelene, Gjirokastër County. Beçisht is situated nearby to the village Dragot, as well as near the hamlet Mamaj (Turan).- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Becisht”, “Beçishta”, “Beçishti”, “Becist”, and “Beshisht”
- Address: BASHKIA TEPELENË
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tepelenë internment camp (1949–1954).
Tepelenë internment camp (1949–1954)
Museum
Photo: Arianit, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tepelenë Internment Camp or Tepelenë Camp was an internment camp in Tepelenë, Gjirokastër County, Albania, that was used by the People's Socialist Republic of Albania and modeled after the Soviet Union’s kolkhoz, in which convicts, fugitives, and deserters alike were imprisoned. Tepelenë internment camp (1949–1954) is situated 2½ km west of Beçisht.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Damës and Mezhgoran.
Damës
Village
Damës is a village in the former Memaliaj Fshat municipality, Gjirokastër County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Memaliaj. Damës is situated 3½ km north of Beçisht.
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 4½ km northeast of Beçisht.
Lekël
Village
Lekël is a community in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tepelenë. Lekël was one of the Albanian Christian villages in the possession of the House of Muçohysaj the ancestral house of Ali Pasha. Lekël is situated 6 km southeast of Beçisht.
Beçisht
- Category: locality
- Location: Qender, Tepelene, Gjirokastër County, Southeastern Albania, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.3032° or 40° 18′ 12″ northLongitude
20.04698° or 20° 2′ 49″ eastElevation
394 metres (1,293 feet)Open location code
8GG2823W+7QOpenStreetMap ID
node 728417772OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
783658
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