Shijak

Shijak is a town and a municipality in Durrës County, west-central Albania, with a total population of 28,000.
  • Town with about 14,100 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (170 feet)
  • Description: town in Albania
  • Address: DURRËS
  • Also known as
    “Bazar Sciak”
    “San Giacomo”
    “Shejak”
    “Shëjaku”
    “Shjak”
    “Shyaku”
    “Šjak”

Places of Interest

Discover Shijak transmitter station.
Shijak transmitter was a broadcasting station for mediumwave and shortwave south of Shijak, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borakë.
is a village.
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Latitude
41.3435° or 41° 20′ 36″ north
Longitude
19.5677° or 19° 34′ 4″ east
Open location code
8FHX8HV9+93
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = town
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Shijak” goes by many names.
ShijakAlbanian
ShijakuAlbanian
ShijakAsturian
ŞiyakuAzerbaijani
ШиякBulgarian
ShijakCatalan
ShijakCebuano
希亚克Chinese
希亞克Chinese
ShijakCzech
ShijakDanish
ShijakDutch
ShijakFinnish
ΣιγιάκGreek
שיאקHebrew
ShijakHungarian
ShijakuHungarian
ShijakIrish
ShijakItalian
シヤクJapanese
ShijakLithuanian
ŠijakasLithuanian
ŠijakuLithuanian
ShijakMacedo-Romanian
ШијакMacedonian
ShijakMalay
ShijakMaltese
ShijakNorwegian
ShijakNorwegian Bokmål
ShijakNorwegian Nynorsk
ShijakOccitan (post 1500)
ShijakPolish
ShijakRomanian
ШийякRussian
ШиякуRussian
ShijakScots
ShijakuSerbian
ШијакSerbian
ŠijakSerbo-Croatian
ShijakSlovak
ShijakSwedish
ШиякTatar
ชียักThai
ShijakTumbuka
ŞayakTurkish
ShijakTurkish
ШиякUkrainian
شیجاکوUrdu
ShijakVietnamese
ShijakWaray (Philippines)

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