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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Clock Mosque and Peqin Castle.
Clock Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Albinfo, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Clock Mosque, officially known as the Abdurrahman Pasha Mosque, and historically known as the Old Peqin Mosque, is a mosque, located in Peqin, in Elbasan County, Albania. Completed in 1666 CE, the mosque was designated as a Cultural Monument of Albania. Clock Mosque is situated 3½ km northeast of Gjoçaj.
Peqin Castle
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Peqin Castle is a castle in Peqin, Albania. In the Roman times the city was known by the name of Claudiana, an Illyrian-inhabited territory. The foundations of the castle are thought to date from the Roman period, the time of the construction of the Via Egnatia. Peqin Castle is situated 3½ km northeast of Gjoçaj.
Peqin railway station
Railway station
Peqin railway station serves the town of Peqin in Elbasan County, Albania. Peqin was the terminus of Albania's first passenger railway line. The 27-mile route was completed with assistance from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, but completion was delayed after the final shipment of 1,700 tons of rails did not arrive promptly from Zenica. Peqin railway station is situated 3½ km north of Gjoçaj.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peqin and Hajdaraj.
Peqin
Town
Photo: Albinfo, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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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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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