Mallakastër
Mallakastër is a region and a municipality in Fier County, southwestern Albania. It was created in 2015 by the merger of the present municipalities Aranitas, Ballsh, Fratar, Greshicë, Hekal, Kutë, Ngraçan, Qendër Dukas and Selitë.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: municipality of Albania with 25,100 residents
- Description: municipality of Albania
- Also known as: “Bashkia Mallakaster”, “Bashkia Mallakastër”, and “Mallakastër municipality”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Byllis Archaeological Park and The Ancient City of Nikaia.
Byllis Archaeological Park
Byllis or Bullis or Boullis was an ancient city and the chief settlement of the Illyrian tribe of the Bylliones, traditionally located in southern Illyria.
The Ancient City of Nikaia
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nikaia was a settlement of the koinon of the Bylliones, an Illyrian tribe that through contact with their Ancient Greek neighbours became bilingual. The tribe was found in southern Illyria. The Ancient City of Nikaia is situated 3½ km southwest of Mallakastër.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballsh and Damës.
Ballsh
Town
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Ballsh is a town and a former municipality in Fier County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision and the seat of the municipality Mallakastër. Ballsh is situated 6 km northwest of Mallakastër.
Damës
Village
Damës is a village in and the seat of the former Fratar municipality, Fier County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Mallakastër. Damës is situated 4½ km southeast of Mallakastër.
Mallakastër
- Location: Fier County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Mallakastër” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Bashkia Mallakastër”
- Chinese: “馬拉卡斯特”
- Dutch: “Mallakastër”
- French: “Mallakastër”
- German: “Bashkia Mallakastra”
- German: “Gemeinde Mallakastra”
- Greek: “Δήμος Μαλλακάστρα”
- Greek: “Μαλλακάστρα”
- Hungarian: “Mallakastër”
- Hungarian: “Mallakastra község”
- Ido: “Mallakastër”
- Italian: “Mallakastër”
- Macedonian: “Малакастро”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mallakastër”
- Persian: “مالاکستر”
- Russian: “Малакастра”
- Swedish: “Mallakastër”
- Turkish: “Malkasra”
- Turkish: “Mallakastra”
- Western Panjabi: “مالاکاستر”
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