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Poliçan is a small town near Berat. A big weapons factory was built there under communism, and the town grew around it.

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Poliçan is a small town near Berat. A big weapons factory was built there under communism, and the town grew around it.

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Poliçan, Albania
Poliçan Gentjan Avdylaj · CC BY-SA 3.0
Poliçan, Albania – Main square
Poliçan, Albania 2016 01 Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · CC BY-SA 4.0
Poliçan, Albania – Residential houses from the Communist era with the mosque in the middle
Poliçan, Albania 2016 02 Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Nearby

City

Berat

The 'city of a thousand windows': an Ottoman hill town under a still-inhabited castle, UNESCO-listed since 2008.

BeratiBerat
Mountain

Mount Tomorr

A 2,416 m massif above Berat, and the site of an annual Bektashi pilgrimage each August.

Berat
Canyon

Osum Canyon

A 26 km limestone gorge up to 80 m deep, run by raft in spring and walked in late summer.

Berat
Town

Çorovodë

The seat of Skrapar municipality and the base for the Osum canyon.

ÇorovodaBerat
Town

Kuçovë

An oil town and air base, called Qyteti Stalin from 1950 to 1990.

KuçovaBerat
River

The Osum

The river that carved the Osum canyon and runs through the middle of Berat.

Berat
Waterfall

Bogovë Waterfall

A cold spring-fed fall and pool in the Tomorr foothills near Berat.

Berat

Sources

  • Wikipedia — Poliçan — 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 Q18751 · 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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