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A picture from Maliqi town, Albania
Silva.1994 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Town · Korçë County

MaliqMaliqi

A town on a drained marsh plain, built around a sugar refinery in the 1950s.

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Population (town)
3,668 (2023)
Elevation
830 m
Official website
https://bashkiamaliq.gov.al/

In plain language

Maliq stands on land that used to be a marsh. It was drained in the 1940s and 50s, and a sugar factory was built there.

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Maliq stands on land that used to be a marsh. It was drained in the 1940s and 50s, and a sugar factory was built there.

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The municipality hall in Maliq, Albania
Maliq, Albania 2018 01 Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · CC BY-SA 4.0
Abandoned sugar factory in Maliq, Albania
Maliq, Albania 2018 11 Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maliq and old industry accross the Devoll bridge – Albania
Maliq Bridge Albinfo · CC BY 3.0

Connected subjects

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City · Korçë

Korçë

The highland city of serenades, the first Albanian-language school, and the country's oldest brewery.

Town · Korçë

Bilisht

The seat of Devoll municipality, on the Greek border in an apple-growing plain.

Town · Korçë

Pogradec

A lakeside town on Ohrid, a UNESCO natural and cultural site shared with North Macedonia.

Sources

  • Wikipedia. Maliq — 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 Q772248 · 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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