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Poliçan, Skrapar, Southern Albania
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Town · Berat County

PoliçanPoliçani

A small town below Mount Tomorr built around a former arms factory.

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Population (town)
4,318 (2011)
Area
272 km²
Elevation
256 m
Official website
https://www.polican.gov.al/

In plain language

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, Albania - panoramio 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

Connected subjects

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City · Berat

Berat

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

Mountain · Berat

Mount Tomorr

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

Town · Berat

Çorovodë

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

Canyon · Berat

Osum Canyon

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

Town · Berat

Kuçovë

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

River · Berat

The Osum

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

Waterfall · Berat

Bogovë Waterfall

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

Sources

  • Wikipedia. Poliçan — 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 Q18751 · 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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