Shijak

Shijak is a town and a municipality in Durrës County, west-central Albania, with a total population of 28,000.
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  • Type: Town with 12,900 residents
  • Description: town in Albania
  • Also known as: “Bazar Sciak”, “San Giacomo”, “Shejak”, “Shëjaku”, “Shjak”, “Shyaku”, “Šijakas”, and “Šjak”
  • Address: DURRËS

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borakë.

Village
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is a village.

Shijak

Latitude
41.3435° or 41° 20′ 36″ north
Longitude
19.5677° or 19° 34′ 4″ east
Population
12,900
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Open location code
8FHX8HV9+93
Open­Street­Map ID
node 728426328
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3184099
Wiki­data ID
Q18791
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Shijak” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shijak”
  • Albanian: “Shijaku”
  • Asturian: “Shijak”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şiyaku”
  • Bulgarian: “Шияк”
  • Catalan: “Shijak”
  • Cebuano: “Shijak”
  • Chinese: “希亚克”
  • Chinese: “希亞克”
  • Czech: “Shijak”
  • Danish: “Shijak”
  • Dutch: “Shijak”
  • Finnish: “Shijak”
  • French: “Shijak”
  • German: “Shijak”
  • Greek: “Σιγιάκ”
  • Hebrew: “שיאק”
  • Hungarian: “Shijak”
  • Irish: “Shijak”
  • Italian: “Shijak”
  • Japanese: “シヤク”
  • Lithuanian: “Šijaku”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Shijak”
  • Macedonian: “Шијак”
  • Malay: “Shijak”
  • Maltese: “Shijak”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shijak”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shijak”
  • Norwegian: “Shijak”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Shijak”
  • Polish: “Shijak”
  • Portuguese: “Shijak”
  • Romanian: “Shijak”
  • Russian: “Шийяк”
  • Russian: “Шияку”
  • Scots: “Shijak”
  • Serbian: “Шијак”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Šijak”
  • Slovak: “Shijak”
  • Spanish: “Shijak”
  • Swedish: “Shijak”
  • Tatar: “Шияк”
  • Thai: “ชียัก”
  • Tumbuka: “Shijak”
  • Turkish: “Şayak”
  • Turkish: “Shijak”
  • Ukrainian: “Шияк”
  • Urdu: “شیجاکو”
  • Vietnamese: “Shijak”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Shijak”

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