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Cërrik grew in the 1950s around a refinery that processed Albanian oil.

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Cërrik grew in the 1950s around a refinery that processed Albanian oil.

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The Jorgji Dilo Boulevard in Cërrik, Albania
Cërrik, Albania 2018 13 Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · CC BY-SA 4.0
The municipality hall of Cërrik, Albania
Cërrik, Albania 2018 07 Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · CC BY-SA 4.0
The main square of Cërrik, Albania
Cërrik, Albania 2018 03 Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · 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

Belsh

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

BelshiElbasan
Town

Gramsh

A mountain town on the Devoll river, once the site of a large arms plant.

GramshiElbasan

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Industry

Oil and Gas in Albania

Heavy onshore crude from Patos-Marinza, produced since the 1920s and refined at Ballsh.

Albanian Economy

Sources

  • Wikipedia — Cërrik — 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 Q18730 · 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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