Gjirokastër

town in Albania
City city Q173690
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Gjirokastër

Summary

Gjirokastër is a city[1]. Gjirokastër ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (527 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gjirokastër is located in Gjirokastër County[3].
  • Gjirokastër is in the country of Albania[4].
  • Gjirokastër's image is recorded as Gjirokastra01.jpg[5].
  • Gjirokastër's image is recorded as Gjirokastёr - roofs.JPG[6].
  • Gjirokastër's instance of is recorded as city[7].
  • Gjirokastër's coat of arms image is recorded as Stema e Bashkisë Gjirokastër.svg[8].
  • Gjirokastër's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sarandë[9].
  • Gjirokastër's twinned administrative body is recorded as Casale Monferrato[10].
  • Gjirokastër's twinned administrative body is recorded as Grottammare[11].
  • Gjirokastër's twinned administrative body is recorded as Patras[12].
  • Gjirokastër's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 155934203[13].
  • Gjirokastër's GND ID is recorded as 4229382-0[14].
  • Gjirokastër's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80036475[15].
  • Gjirokastër's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12560913c[16].
  • Gjirokastër's IdRef ID is recorded as 034906800[17].
  • Gjirokastër's postal code is recorded as 6001–6003[18].
  • Gjirokastër's Commons category is recorded as Gjirokastër[19].
  • Gjirokastër's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[20].
  • Gjirokastër's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[21].
  • Gjirokastër's local dialing code is recorded as 084[22].
  • Gjirokastër's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.07583, 'lon': 20.13889}[23].
  • Gjirokastër's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01qv6v[24].
  • Gjirokastër's official website is recorded as https://bashkiagjirokaster.gov.al/[25].
  • Gjirokastër's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gjirokastër[26].
  • Gjirokastër's Commons gallery is recorded as Gjirokastër[27].

Body

Geography

Gjirokastër is in the country of Albania[4]. Gjirokastër is located in Gjirokastër County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Gjirokastër's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+59'}[28]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+190'}[29] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+286'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+19836'}[31], {'amount': '+19400'}[32], {'amount': '+24207'}[33], and {'amount': '+20630'}[34].

Designation and Status

Gjirokastër's instance of is recorded as city[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Gjirokastër include Gjirokastër alphabet[35], an alphabetic writing system[36].

Why It Matters

Gjirokastër ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (527 views/month).[2] Gjirokastër has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Gjirokastër is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for Gjirokastër include Gjirokastër alphabet[35], an alphabetic writing system[36].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . patrasevents.gr. patrasevents.gr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . Citypopulation.de. Retrieved . citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . Citypopulation.de. Retrieved . citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . Citypopulation.de. Retrieved . citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . Citypopulation.de. Retrieved . citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . wikidata.org.
  31. [30] . wikidata.org.
  32. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Ceaseless Watcher · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Located in the administrative territorial entity Gjirokastër County
    Described by source Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The World Atlas
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