Gjoçaj
Gjocaj is a village and a former municipality in the Elbasan County, central Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the municipality Peqin.Places of Interest
Highlights include Clock Mosque and Peqin Castle.
Clock Mosque
Mosque
The Clock Mosque, officially known as the Abdurrahman Pasha Mosque, and historically known as the Xhafer Sadik Pasha Mosque, is a mosque, located in Peqin, in Elbasan County, Albania. Clock Mosque is situated 3½ km northeast of Gjoçaj.
Peqin Castle
The Peqin Castle is a ruined Ottoman Turkish castle in Peqin, Albania. In the Roman times the city was known by the name of Claudiana, an Illyrian-inhabited territory. Peqin Castle is situated 3½ km northeast of Gjoçaj.Peqin railway station
Railway station
Peqin railway station is a railway station serving the town of Peqin in Elbasan County in Central Albania. Peqin railway station is situated 3½ km north of Gjoçaj.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peqin and Hajdaraj.
Peqin
Town
Peqin is a town and municipality in Elbasan County, central Albania. The municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Gjoçaj, Karinë, Pajovë, Peqin, Përparim and Shezë, that became municipal units. Peqin is situated 3½ km north of Gjoçaj.
Hajdaraj
Village
Hajdaraj is a village situated in the central plains of Albania's Western Lowlands region. It is part of Tirana County. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Kavajë. Hajdaraj is situated 6 km south of Gjoçaj.
Gjoçaj
- Type: Locality
- Description: municipal unit in Elbasan, Albania
- Categories: bashkia and Communes of Albania
- Location: Bashkia Peqin, Elbasan County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.0167° or 41° 1′ north
Longitude
19.7333° or 19° 44′ east
Elevation
87 metres (285 feet)
Open location code
8FHX2P8M+M8
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Gjoçaj” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Komuna Gjocaj”
- Albanian: “Komuna Gjoçaj”
- Albanian: “Njësia administrative Gjoçaj”
- Cebuano: “Komuna e Gjocajt”
- Dutch: “Gjoçaj”
- French: “Gjoçaj”
- Hungarian: “Gjoçaj”
- Italian: “Gjocaj”
- Malay: “Gjoçaj”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gjoçaj”
- Polish: “Gmina Gjocaj”
- Portuguese: “Gjoçaj”
- Spanish: “Gjoçaj”
- Swedish: “Komuna e Gjocajt”
- Turkish: “Gjoçaj”
- Uzbek: “Gjoçaj”
- Vietnamese: “Gjocaj”
- Waray (Philippines): “Gjoçaj”
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