| Type: | mu |
| Kashar | |
| County: | Tirana |
| Municipality: | Tirana |
| Coordinates: | 41.3483°N 19.7178°W |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Unit: | 43353 |
| Postal Code: | 1051 |
| Area Code: | (0)48 |
Kashar is a village and former municipality in the Tirana County, central Albania. Its population in the 2011 census was 43,353.[1]
The village was first attested in 1456 as the battlefield between the League of Lezhë and the Ottoman Empire.[2]
In the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the municipality Tirana.[3] [4]
Kashar consists of ten communities with a total population of c. 21,000.[5]
Kashar is the industrial hub of Tirana with many large companies located there. The biggest Albanian company that is located there is ALBtelecom, a privately-owned company that offers telecommunication services. There is also the Coca-Cola Bottling Shqipëria. Kashar's economy also relies on agriculture and housing due to a huge influx of people coming to Tirana. Kashar hosts one of Tirana's main parks, Kashar Park, around the Kus village reservoir and the television station Top Channel.[6]
Kashar is twinned with:
Sindos, Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece[7]