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Elbasan County lakesolives

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Belsh sits among dozens of small lakes in the hills, with olive trees all around.

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Belsh sits among dozens of small lakes in the hills, with olive trees all around.

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The lakeside promenade of Belsh, Albania
Belsh, Albania 2018 05 Promenade Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · CC BY-SA 4.0
The refurbished center of Belsh with its lake, Albania
Belsh - Lake Albinfo · CC BY 4.0
Havnepromenade i Belsh, Albanien
Havnepromenade i Belsh Orf3us · CC BY-SA 4.0

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City

Elbasan

A central industrial city inside an Ottoman fortress wall, on the old Via Egnatia.

ElbasaniElbasan
Town

Lushnjë

An agricultural centre on the Myzeqe plain, and the site of the 1920 congress that saved Albanian statehood.

LushnjaFier
Town

Cërrik

A town founded around an oil refinery in the 1950s.

CërrikuElbasan

Related subjects

Food

Albanian Olive Oil

Oil from Kalinjot, Kokërrmadh and other local varieties, chiefly from Vlorë, Fier and Berat.

Vaj ulliri

Sources

  • Wikipedia — Belsh — English Wikipedia · retrieved 03 Sep 2026
    Used to ground the deep-research section and as a discovery aid; not relied on alone for contested claims.
  • Wikidata — Wikidata item Q816187 · retrieved 03 Sep 2026
    Source of the population, area and elevation figures shown in Quick facts, each with its own observation year.
  • Wikimedia Commons — Photographs · retrieved 03 Sep 2026
    Each photograph carries its own creator, licence and file link beneath it. Only public-domain, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-SA files are published.

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