Tirana municipality
Tirana municipality is a locality in Bashkia Tiranë, Tirana. Tirana municipality is situated nearby to the quarter Ish-Blloku, as well as near Shkozë.Photo: Eri85, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Locality with 557,000 residents
- Description: municipality of Albania
- Also known as: “Bashkia e Tiranes”, “Bashkia TIranë”, “Qyteti i Tiranës”, and “Tiranë”
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Library of Albania and Albanian Orthodox Church.
National Library of Albania
Library
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The National Library of Albania is Albania's national library headquartered in the country's capital, Tirana. It was founded in 1920 and inaugurated on December 10, 1922.
Albanian Orthodox Church
Church
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The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, commonly known as the Albanian Orthodox Church or the Orthodox Church of Albania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church.
Pyramid of Tirana
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The Pyramid of Tirana is a structure and former museum located in Tirana, the capital of Albania. It opened as a museum in 1988 and became a conference center in 1991 following the collapse of Communism.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tirana and Paskuqan.
Tirana
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tirana is the bustling and relatively modernised capital of Albania. It is the most important economic, financial, political and trade centre in the country.
Paskuqan
Village
Paskuqan is a city and a municipal unit in Tirana County, central Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a municipal unit of the municipality of Kamëz. The population as of the 2023 census is 34,398. Paskuqan is situated 3½ km northwest of Tirana municipality.
Ish-Blloku
Quarter
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Ish-Blloku, commonly Blloku, is an upmarket area in Tirana, Albania. It widely known as an entertainment destination with its boutiques, shops, restaurants, trendy bars, pubs, and cafes.
Tirana municipality
- Category: municipality of Albania
- Location: Bashkia Tiranë, Tirana, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Tirana municipality” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Bashkia e Tiranës”
- Albanian: “Bashkia Tiranë”
- Armenian: “Տիրանա”
- Basque: “Bashkia e Tiranes”
- Basque: “Bashkia TIranë”
- Basque: “Tirana udalerria”
- Belarusian: “Тырана”
- Catalan: “municipi de Tirana”
- Cebuano: “Bashkia e Tiranës”
- Dutch: “Tirana”
- French: “municipalité de Tirana”
- French: “Municipalité de Tirana”
- German: “Bashkia TIrana”
- German: “Gemeinde Tirana”
- Greek: “Δήμος Τιράνων”
- Greek: “Μπάσκια Τίρανα”
- Hungarian: “Tirana község”
- Italian: “comune di Tirana”
- Macedonian: “Тирана (општина)”
- Macedonian: “Тирана”
- Romanian: “Tirana”
- Russian: “Тирана”
- Slovenian: “Občina Tirana”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Tirana”
- Swedish: “Bashkia e Tiranës”
- Ukrainian: “Тирана”
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Notable Places Nearby
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