Yrshek
Yrshek is a village in the former municipality of Kashar in Tirana County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tirana.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Tirana, Albania
- Also known as: “Ersheku”, “Iršeku”, “Urshek”, and “Yrsheku”
- Address: TIRANË
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kashar railway station and Baitul Awwal Mosque.
Kashar railway station
Railway station
Photo: Kj1595, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kashar railway station served the municipality of Kashar in Albania. The branch from Vora to Tirana was closed in 2013 and passenger workings were replaced by a bus service.
Baitul Awwal Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Baitul Awal Mosque, also spelled as the Bejtul-Evel Mosque, is an Ahmadiyya mosque, located in Tirana, Tirana County, in Central Albania. With a capacity of 2,500 worshippers, it is one of the largest mosques in the country.
Tirana Train Station
Railway station
Photo: Albinfo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tirana Train Station is a railway station, which is situated 3 km east of Yrshek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mëzez and Gropaj.
Mëzez
Village
Mëzez is a village in the former municipality of Kashar in Tirana County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tirana.
Gropaj
Village
Gropaj is a village in the former municipality of Vaqarr in Tirana County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tirana. Gropaj is situated 3 km south of Yrshek.
Laknas
Village
Laknas is a village in Tirana County, Albania. It is part of the municipality Kamëz. Laknas is situated 3 km north of Yrshek.
Yrshek
- Category: locality
- Location: Komuna e Kasharit, Bashkia Tiranë, Tirana, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.34943° or 41° 20′ 58″ northLongitude
19.74206° or 19° 44′ 31″ eastElevation
106 metres (348 feet)Open location code
8FHX8PXR+QROpenStreetMap ID
node 728420811OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Uzbek—“Yrshek” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Yrshek”
- Dutch: “Yrshek”
- Urdu: “یرشک”
- Uzbek: “Yrshek”
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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 “Yrshek”. Photo: Dirk.heldmaier, CC BY-SA 3.0.