Kuçovë
Kuçovë is a municipality in south-central Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Kozare, Kuçovë, Lumas and Perondi, which all became municipal units.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 12,700 residents
- Description: City in Albania
- Also known as: “Kuçova”, “Petrolia”, and “Stalin”
- Address: KUÇOVË
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bashkim Sulejmani Stadium and St. Nicholas Church, Perondi.
Bashkim Sulejmani Stadium
Stadium
The Bashkim Sulejmani Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kuçovë, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Naftëtari. The stadium holds 5,000 spectators It is named after Bashkim Sulejmani, a hero of the city.
St. Nicholas Church, Perondi
Church
St. Nicholas Church is a church in Perondi, Berat County, Albania. It became a Cultural Monument of Albania in 1963.
Kuçova Air Base
Aerodrome
Photo: Rob Schleiffert, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kuçovë Air Base is an air base located near Kuçovë, Berat, Albania. The base was built in 1952 by People's Socialist Republic of Albania and entered service in 1955. Kuçova Air Base is situated 3½ km south of Kuçovë.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moravë and Pashtraj.
Moravë
Village
Moravë is a village in the former municipality of Otllak in Berat County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Berat. Moravë is situated 5 km south of Kuçovë.
Pashtraj
Village
Pashtraj is a village in the former municipality of Lumas in Berat County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Kuçovë. Pashtraj is situated 5 km east of Kuçovë.
Bardhaj
Village
Bardhaj is a village in the former municipality of Lumas in Berat County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Kuçovë. Bardhaj is situated 6 km east of Kuçovë.
Kuçovë
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Bashkia e Kuçovës, Bashkia Kuçovë, Berat County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.80442° or 40° 48′ 16″ northLongitude
19.91345° or 19° 54′ 48″ eastPopulation
12,700Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)Open location code
8FGXRW37+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
node 415789950OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3185060Wikidata ID
Q18774
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Kuçovë” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Komuna Kuçovë”
- Albanian: “Kuçova”
- Albanian: “Kuçovë”
- Asturian: “Kuçovë”
- Belarusian: “Кучова”
- Bulgarian: “Кучова”
- Catalan: “Kuçovë”
- Cebuano: “Kuçovë”
- Central Kurdish: “کوچۆڤی”
- Chinese: “库乔韦”
- Czech: “Kuçova”
- Czech: “Kuçovë”
- Danish: “Kuçova”
- Danish: “Kuçove”
- Danish: “Kuçovë”
- Dutch: “Kuçovë”
- Dutch: “Qytet Stalin”
- French: “Kuçova”
- French: “Kucove”
- French: “Kuçovë”
- German: “Kuchova”
- German: “Kucova”
- German: “Kuçova”
- German: “Kucove”
- German: “Kuçovë”
- German: “Qyteti Stalin”
- German: “Stalin-Stadt”
- Greek: “Κουτσόβα”
- Hungarian: “Kuçova”
- Hungarian: “Kuçovë”
- Hungarian: “Qytet Stalin”
- Hungarian: “Qyteti Stalin”
- Ido: “Kuçovë”
- Italian: “Kucove”
- Italian: “Kuçovë”
- Japanese: “クチョヴァ”
- Korean: “쿠초버”
- Lithuanian: “Kučovė”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Kuçova”
- Macedonian: “Кучово”
- Maltese: “Kuçovë”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kuçovë”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Qyteti Stalin”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kuçovë”
- Norwegian: “Kuçovë”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kuçovë”
- Persian: “کوچووه”
- Polish: “Kuçova”
- Polish: “Kuçovë”
- Polish: “Qyteti Stalin”
- Portuguese: “Kuçovë”
- Romanian: “Kucova”
- Romanian: “Kuçova”
- Russian: “Кучова”
- Russian: “Сталин” (historical)
- Serbian: “Кучова”
- Slovak: “Kuçovë”
- Slovenian: “Kuçova”
- Slovenian: “Kuçovë”
- Spanish: “Kuçova”
- Spanish: “Kuçovë”
- Swedish: “Kucova”
- Swedish: “Kuçova”
- Tatar: “Кучова”
- Tumbuka: “Kuçovë”
- Turkish: “Kuçova”
- Ukrainian: “Кучова”
- Urdu: “کوچووہ”
- Vietnamese: “Kuçovë”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kuçovë”
- Western Panjabi: “کوچووہ”
- “Kuçova”
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