Belsh

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::summary Municipality in Albania ::

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Field	Value
name	Belsh
settlement_type	Municipality
image_skyline	Belsh,_Albania_2018_05_Promenade.jpg
image_caption	Center of Belsh
image_flag	Flag of Belsh.gif
image_seal	[[File:Stema e Bashkisë Belsh.svg
seal_alt	Seal of Belsh
pushpin_map	Albania#Europe
pushpin_relief	1
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Albania
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Central Albania
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Elbasan
government_type	Mayor–council
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Arif Tafani
leader_party	PS
leader_title1	Council
leader_name1	Belsh Municipal Council
area_blank1_title	Municipality
area_blank1_km2	196.44
area_blank2_title	Administrative unit
population_as_of	2011
population_blank1_title	Municipality
population_blank1	19,503
population_density_blank1_km2	99.28
population_blank2_title	Administrative unit
population_blank2	8,781
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	3008
area_code	(0)582
website
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| name = Belsh | settlement_type = Municipality | image_skyline = Belsh,_Albania_2018_05_Promenade.jpg | image_caption = Center of Belsh | image_alt = | image_flag = Flag of Belsh.gif | flag_alt = | image_seal = [[File:Stema e Bashkisë Belsh.svg|70px|center]] | seal_alt = Seal of Belsh | pushpin_map = Albania#Europe | pushpin_relief = 1 | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Albania | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Central Albania | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Elbasan | established_title = | established_date = | government_type = Mayor–council | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Arif Tafani | leader_party = PS | leader_title1 = Council | leader_name1 = Belsh Municipal Council | area_blank1_title = Municipality | area_blank1_km2 = 196.44 | area_blank2_title = Administrative unit | area_blank2_km2 = | population_as_of = 2011 | population_blank1_title = Municipality | population_blank1 = 19,503 | population_density_blank1_km2 = 99.28 | population_blank2_title = Administrative unit | population_blank2 = 8,781 | population_demonym = | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 3008 | area_code = (0)582 | website =

Belsh (; Belshi) is a municipality in Elbasan County, central Albania. The municipality consists of the administrative units of Fierzë, Grekan, Kajan, Rrasë with Belsh constituting its seat. As of the Institute of Statistics estimate from the 2011 census, there were 8,781 people residing in Belsh and 19,503 in Belsh Municipality.

Cityscape

Belsh stretches along the western and northern shores of the karst lake Liqeni i Belshit and is the main settlement of the Dumre plateau.

Notes

References

References

1. "Kryetari Bashkia Belsh". Bashkia Belsh.
2. "Pasaporta e Bashkisë Belsh". Porta Vendore.
3. "Bashkia Belsh". Albanian Association of Municipalities (AAM).
4. (May 2014). "A new Urban–Rural Classification of Albanian Population". [[Institute of Statistics (Albania).
5. Nurja, Ines. "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Elbasan (2011)". [[Institute of Statistics (Albania).
6. "Law nr. 115/2014".

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