Tirana
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Komuna e Paskuqanit

Paskuqan

Paskuqan is a city and a municipal unit in , central . At the 2015 local government reform it became a municipal unit of the municipality of . The population as of the 2023 census is 34,398.
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  • Type: Village with 37,300 residents
  • Description: municipal unit in Tirana, Albania
  • Also known as: “Kuqan”, “Kuqon”, “Packuqan”, “Packuqani”, “Patza”, “Patza Kućane”, “Patza-Kuqane”, and “Patza-Kuqani”
  • Address: TIRANË

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Library of Albania and Skanderbeg Square.

Library
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is 's national library headquartered in the country's capital, . It was founded in 1920 and inaugurated on December 10, 1922. is situated 3½ km south of Paskuqan.

Square
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is the main plaza in the centre of , . The square is named after the Albanian national hero Skanderbeg. The total area is about 40,000 square metres. is situated 3½ km south of Paskuqan.

Church
Photo: da-ni-el, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, commonly known as the or the Orthodox Church of Albania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church. is situated 4 km south of Paskuqan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Allias and Laprakë.

Quarter
is a neighbourhood of , . It is located west of the central boulevard.

Quarter
is a neighbourhood of , , located west of the main centre. It is mainly a residential district, but also contains the , the Albanian Mobile Communications building, the ProCredit Bank building and several other high-rise buildings, a football pitch, and a petrol station. is situated 3 km southwest of Paskuqan.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the bustling and relatively modernised capital of . It is the most important economic, financial, political and trade centre in the country.

Paskuqan

Latitude
41.36126° or 41° 21′ 41″ north
Longitude
19.81611° or 19° 48′ 58″ east
Population
37,300
Elevation
101 metres (331 feet)
Open location code
8FHX9R68+GC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 728424519
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3184528
Wiki­data ID
Q2542377
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Paskuqan” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Komuna Paskuqan”
  • Albanian: “Njësia administrative Paskuqan”
  • Catalan: “Paskuqan”
  • Cebuano: “Komuna e Paskuqanit”
  • Dutch: “Paskuqan”
  • French: “Paskuqan”
  • German: “Paskuqan”
  • German: “Paskuqani”
  • Hungarian: “Paskuqan alközség”
  • Hungarian: “Paskuqan”
  • Hungarian: “Paskuqani alközség”
  • Italian: “Paskuqan”
  • Malay: “Paskuqan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Paskuqan”
  • Portuguese: “Paskuqan”
  • Swedish: “Paskuqan”
  • Thai: “ปัสกูชัน”
  • Turkish: “Paskuqan”
  • Vietnamese: “Paskuqan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Paskuqan”

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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 “Paskuqan”. Photo: Dirk.heldmaier, CC BY-SA 3.0.