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Ballsh
The seat of Mallakastër and the site of Albania's main oil refinery, near the ruins of Byllis.
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Bulqizë
A chromium mining town — Albania is among the world's larger chrome producers.
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Cërrik
A town founded around an oil refinery in the 1950s.
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Fushë-Krujë
The industrial town on the plain below Krujë, and the site of Albania's largest cement works.
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Kuçovë
An oil town and air base, called Qyteti Stalin from 1950 to 1990.
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Laç
An industrial town and the site of the Saint Anthony pilgrimage church at Shëngjin i Vogël.
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Maliq
A town on a drained marsh plain, built around a sugar refinery in the 1950s.
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Patos
The centre of the Patos-Marinza field, the largest onshore oil field in continental Europe.
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Poliçan
A small town below Mount Tomorr built around a former arms factory.
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Selenicë
A bitumen-mining town inland from Vlorë, worked since antiquity.