Himarë

Himara is a city on the coast of in the . It is part of the Albanian Riviera with the most beautiful beaches in the area: Spile and Marachi beach are local in Himarë; Livadhi and Jali beach are close by and pretty too.
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  • Type: Town with 6,950 residents
  • Description: town in Albania
  • Also known as: “Cimarre”, “Himara”, “Imara”, and “Kheimara”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Petro Ruci Stadium and Himarë Castle.

Stadium
is a multi-use in , . The stadium has a capacity of 2,000 people and it is mostly used for football matches and it is the home ground of KF Oriku.

Castle
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, locally also known as Kastro is a castle in , in southern . It is one of the main attractions located in the old town of Himara.

Church
All Saints' Church is an church and Cultural Monument of Albania in , , . It was built around 1775 at the behest of Kosmos of Aetolia and contains an iconostasis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pilur.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village on the in , . It is part of the municipality. is situated 4 km northeast of Himarë.

Himarë

Latitude
40.1022° or 40° 6′ 8″ north
Longitude
19.7473° or 19° 44′ 50″ east
Population
6,950
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AL HMR
Open location code
8FGX4P2W+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2357598507
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3185377
Wiki­data ID
Q622764
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Himarë” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Himara”
  • Albanian: “Himarë”
  • Arabic: “هيمارا”
  • Armenian: “Հիմարա”
  • Asturian: “Himarë”
  • Azerbaijani: “Himara”
  • Bashkir: “Химара”
  • Belarusian: “Хімара”
  • Bulgarian: “Химара”
  • Catalan: “Himarë”
  • Cebuano: “Himarë (kapital sa munisipyo sa Albanya)”
  • Cebuano: “Himarë”
  • Chinese: “希馬拉”
  • Chinese: “希马拉”
  • Croatian: “Himara”
  • Croatian: “Himarë”
  • Czech: “Himara”
  • Czech: “Himarë”
  • Danish: “Himara”
  • Danish: “Himarë”
  • Dutch: “Himara”
  • Dutch: “Himare”
  • Dutch: “Himarë”
  • Dutch: “Χειμάρρα”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هيمارا”
  • Estonian: “Himarë”
  • French: “Chimarra”
  • French: “Himara”
  • French: “Himare”
  • French: “Himarë”
  • German: “Chimara”
  • German: “Chimare”
  • German: “Himara”
  • German: “Himare”
  • German: “Himarë”
  • Greek: “Himara”
  • Greek: “Χειμάρα”
  • Greek: “Χειμάρρα Αλβανίας”
  • Greek: “Χειμάρρα”
  • Greek: “Χιμάρα”
  • Hebrew: “חמארה”
  • Hungarian: “Himara”
  • Hungarian: “Himarë”
  • Irish: “Himarë”
  • Italian: “Chimara”
  • Italian: “Himara”
  • Japanese: “ヒマラ”
  • Latin: “Chimaera (Albania)”
  • Latin: “Chimaera”
  • Lithuanian: “Himara”
  • Lithuanian: “Himarė”
  • Macedonian: “Химара”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Himarë”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Himara”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Himarë”
  • Norwegian: “Himarë”
  • Persian: “هیمارا”
  • Polish: “Himara”
  • Polish: “Himarë”
  • Pontic: “Χειμάρρα”
  • Portuguese: “Himara”
  • Portuguese: “Himarë”
  • Romanian: “Himara”
  • Russian: “Химара”
  • Serbian: “Химара”
  • Slovak: “Himarë”
  • Slovenian: “Himara”
  • Slovenian: “Himarë”
  • Spanish: “Himara”
  • Spanish: “Himare”
  • Spanish: “Himarë”
  • Spanish: “Himarra”
  • Swedish: “Himara”
  • Swedish: “Himarë”
  • Tagalog: “Himare”
  • Tagalog: “Himarë”
  • Tatar: “Һимара”
  • Turkish: “Himara”
  • Ukrainian: “Хімара”
  • Urdu: “ہیمارا”
  • Vietnamese: “Himarë”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Himarë”

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