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The lakeside promenade of Belsh, Albania
Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Town · Elbasan County

BelshBelshi

A hill town surrounded by more than eighty small lakes and extensive olive groves.

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Population (town)
8,781 (2011)
Elevation
155 m

In plain language

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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Main square of Belsh in Albania in summer.
Main square of Belsh in Albania in summer Vyolltsa · CC0
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

Elbasan

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

Town · Fier

Lushnjë

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

Town · Elbasan

Cërrik

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

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Food

Albanian Olive Oil

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

Sources

  • Wikipedia. Belsh — English Wikipedia · retrieved 13 Oct 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 13 Oct 2026
    Source of the population, area and elevation figures shown in Quick facts, each with its own observation year.
  • Wikimedia Commons. Photographs · retrieved 13 Oct 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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