Elbasan

Summary

Elbasan is a city^[1]. Elbasan ranks in the top 10% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (363 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Elbasan is located in Elbasan municipality^[3].
• Elbasan is in the country of Albania^[4].
• Elbasan's instance of is recorded as city^[5].
• Elbasan's instance of is recorded as average city^[6].
• Elbasan's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[7].
• Elbasan's shares border with is recorded as Tirana^[8].
• Elbasan's shares border with is recorded as Berat^[9].
• Elbasan's shares border with is recorded as Fier^[10].
• Elbasan's shares border with is recorded as Dibra County^[11].
• Elbasan's shares border with is recorded as Korçë^[12].
• Elbasan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Novi Ligure^[13].
• Elbasan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Turku^[14].
• Elbasan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Treviso^[15].
• Elbasan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mitrovica^[16].
• Elbasan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Dunaújváros^[17].
• Elbasan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Liège^[18].
• Elbasan's postal code is recorded as 3001–3006^[19].
• Elbasan's Commons category is recorded as Elbasan^[20].
• Elbasan's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[21].
• Elbasan's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[22].
• Elbasan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.113059, 'lon': 20.08178}^[23].
• Elbasan's significant event is recorded as independence^[24].
• Elbasan's official website is recorded as http://www.elbasani.gov.al^[25].
• Elbasan's official website is recorded as https://elbasani.gov.al/^[26].
• Elbasan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Elbasan^[27].

Body

Geography

Elbasan is in the country of Albania^[4]. Elbasan is located in Elbasan municipality^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Elbasan sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+140'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+78703'}^[29], {'amount': '+84000'}^[30], {'amount': '+61200'}^[31], {'amount': '+80650'}^[32], {'amount': '+87797'}^[33], and {'amount': '+66834'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[5], average city^[6], and human settlement^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Elbasan include Elbasan alphabet^[35], an alphabet^[36], founded in 1750^[37].

Why It Matters

Elbasan ranks in the top 10% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (363 views/month).^[2] Elbasan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Elbasan is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for Elbasan include Elbasan alphabet^[35], an alphabet^[36], founded in 1750^[37].