Kashar

Kashar is a village and a former municipality in the Tirana County, central Albania. The population at the 2011 census was 43,353.
History.
The village was first attested in 1456 as the battlefield of a battle between the League of Lezhë and the Ottoman Empire.
At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tirana.
Demographics.
Kashar consists of ten communities with a total population of c. 21,000 inhabitants.
Economy.
Kashar is the industrial hub of Tirana with many big companies located there. The biggest Albanian company that is located there is ALBtelecom. ALBtelecom is a private owned company that offers telecommunication services and they have a telephone service provider Eagle Mobile. There is also Coca-Cola Bottling Shqipëria. Kashar's economy also relies on agriculture and housing due to a huge influx of people coming to Tirana. Kashar also hosts one of Tirana's main parks, Kashar Park around Kus village reservoir.
International relations.
Kashar is twinned with: