Peqin

Peqin is a town and municipality in , central . The municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities , , , Peqin, Përparim and , that became municipal units.
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  • Type: Town with 8,940 residents
  • Description: town in Albania
  • Also known as: “Claudiana”, “Pecin”, “Pekinj”, and “Peqinj”
  • Address: PEQIN, 3501
  • Postal code: 3501

Places of Interest

Highlights include Clock Mosque and Peqin Castle.

Mosque
Photo: Albinfo, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The , officially known as the Abdurrahman Pasha Mosque, and historically known as the Xhafer Sadik Pasha Mosque, is a , located in Peqin, in , .

Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a ruined Ottoman Turkish castle in Peqin, . In the Roman times the city was known by the name of Claudiana, an Illyrian-inhabited territory.

Railway station
Photo: Sapfan, CC0.
is a railway station serving the town of Peqin in in Central Albania.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kodrasej and Hasdushk.

Village
is a village situated in the central plains of 's Western Lowlands region. It is part of . is situated 6 km northwest of Peqin.

Village
is a village situated in the central plains of 's Western Lowlands region. It is part of . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality . is situated 8 km northwest of Peqin.

Town
Photo: Albinfo, CC0.
is a town and a municipality in , centrally located in the Western Lowlands region of . It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities , , Lekaj, and , that became municipal units. is situated 8 km northwest of Peqin.

Peqin

Latitude
41.04613° or 41° 2′ 46″ north
Longitude
19.74945° or 19° 44′ 58″ east
Population
8,940
Elevation
52 metres (171 feet)
Open location code
8FHX2PWX+FQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5196037939
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3184497
Wiki­data ID
Q821023
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Peqin” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Peqin”
  • Albanian: “Peqin”
  • Albanian: “Peqini”
  • Amharic: “ፐኪን”
  • Arabic: “بجين”
  • Arabic: “بيكين”
  • Asturian: “Peqin”
  • Azerbaijani: “Peçini”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pekin”
  • Bengali: “পেকিন”
  • Bulgarian: “Пекин”
  • Cebuano: “Peqin (kapital sa distrito sa Albanya)”
  • Cebuano: “Peqin”
  • Chinese: “佩今”
  • Chinese: “佩欽”
  • Chinese: “佩钦”
  • Czech: “Peqin”
  • Danish: “Peqin”
  • Dutch: “Peqin”
  • Dutch: “Peqini”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بجين”
  • Finnish: “Peqin”
  • French: “Pekin”
  • French: “Peqin”
  • French: “Peqini”
  • Galician: “Peqin”
  • German: “Pekin”
  • German: “Peqin”
  • German: “Peqini”
  • Greek: “Πεκίν”
  • Gujarati: “પેકિન”
  • Hausa: “Pekin”
  • Hebrew: “פקין (אלבניה)”
  • Hebrew: “פקין”
  • Hindi: “पेकिन”
  • Hindi: “पेक़िन”
  • Hungarian: “Clodiana”
  • Hungarian: “Peqin”
  • Hungarian: “Peqini”
  • Ido: “Peqin”
  • Indonesian: “Pekin”
  • Indonesian: “Peqin”
  • Italian: “Peqin”
  • Japanese: “ペチニ”
  • Japanese: “ペチン”
  • Javanese: “Pekin”
  • Kannada: “ಪೀಕಿನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Пекин”
  • Kirghiz: “Пекин”
  • Korean: “페친”
  • Latvian: “Pekini”
  • Lithuanian: “Pekinis”
  • Lithuanian: “Peqin”
  • Macedonian: “Пеин”
  • Macedonian: “Пекин”
  • Macedonian: “Пеќин”
  • Macedonian: “Пекињ”
  • Malay: “Pekin”
  • Malay: “Peqin”
  • Maltese: “Peqin”
  • Marathi: “पेकिन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Reqin”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peqin”
  • Norwegian: “Peqin”
  • Oromo: “Pekin”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੇਕਿਨ”
  • Persian: “پکین”
  • Polish: “Peqin”
  • Portuguese: “Peqin”
  • Portuguese: “Pequini”
  • Pushto: “پکین”
  • Romanian: “Peqin”
  • Russian: “Пекин”
  • Russian: “Пекини”
  • Serbian: “Пекињ”
  • Sinhala: “පෙකුඉන්”
  • Slovak: “Peqin”
  • Somali: “Pekin”
  • Spanish: “Pekin”
  • Spanish: “Peqin”
  • Spanish: “Peqini”
  • Swahili: “Pekin”
  • Swedish: “Peqin”
  • Tajik: “Пекин”
  • Tamil: “பெக்கின்”
  • Tatar: “Пекин”
  • Telugu: “పెకీన్”
  • Thai: “เพคิ้น”
  • Tumbuka: “Peqin”
  • Turkish: “Pekin”
  • Turkish: “Peklin”
  • Ukrainian: “Пекіні”
  • Urdu: “پچین”
  • Uzbek: “Pekin”
  • Vietnamese: “Peqin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Peqin”
  • Western Panjabi: “پچین”

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