Lushnjë
Lushnjë
Coordinates: 40°56′N 19°42′E / 40.933°N 19.7°E
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 Lushnjë
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| Coordinates: 40°56′N 19°42′E / 40.933°N 19.7°E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Fier County |
| District | Lushnjë District |
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| - Type | Bashki |
| Population (2001) | |
| - Total | 54,813 |
| Time zone | Central European Time (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 9001 |
| Area code(s) | 035 |
| Car Plates | LU |
| Website | www.bashkialushnje.gov.al |
Lushnjë (Albanian pronunciation: [ˈluʃɲə]) or Lushnje is a city in Central-West Albania located at 40.95°N, 19.71°E. It is the center of the District of Lushnje in the County of Fier and has a population of about 54,813. The town was founded in late medieval times by a Turkish widow called Salushe. She built a rest stop on the road from Durrës to Berat, giving birth to the town. As of 2000, old men still called the town Salushe.
In January 1920, Lushnje was a provisional capital of Albania and the place of the Congress of Lushnje. Chieftains of Albania assembled in the town and declared Tirana first a provisional and then the definitive capital of Albania.
The Lushnje district is known as a main provider of agricultural products to the rest of the country. It is one of very few field districts of mountainous Albania.
During the Communist Regime the town had a number of factories: among them food processing and building materials, which were closed down for one reason or another in the aftermath of the fall of Communism.
3 km away from Lushnje is the Savra Field. This field is on the Lushnje-Fier road. Here the first Albanian-Turkish battle occurred in 1385. In this battle Balsha II was killed. Along with Fier, Lushnje was the main district of the concentration camps during the Communist Regime; some of the camps included the villages of Savër, Gradishtë, Bedat, Gjazë, Rrapëz, Plug, etc.
Notable people
- Vaçe Zela, singer
- Hysni Zela, singer
- Margarita Xhepa, actress
- Qemal bej Mullai, founding father of modern Albania
- Ferit bej Vokopola, founding father of modern Albania
- Nebi Efendi Sefa, founding father of modern Albania
- ^ a b Municipality of Lushnje (2010). "Plani rregullues" (in Albanian). http://www.bashkialushnje.gov.al/urbanistika/plani-rregullues. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
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