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Ballsh () is a town and a former municipality in Fier County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision and the seat of the municipality Mallakastër. It was the seat of the former District of Mallakastër. The population at the 2011 census was 7,657.
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Ballsh is a city in Albania, serving as the capital of Mallakastër. It is located in Fier County within the Shqipëria Jugore region. The city has a population of 9154 and covers an area of 1064. Its postal code is 9308, and the local dialing code is 0313.
The municipality sits at an elevation of 197 above sea level. It operates on Central European Time and Central European Summer Time. The native labels for the location are Ballshi and Ballsh.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ballsh
- Region
- Shqipëria Jugore
- Country
- Shqipëria
- Population
- 4,944
- Timezone
- Europe/Tirane
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Key facts
- Settlement AL.type
- mu
- Settlement AL.official_name
- Ballsh <!-- Commented out because image was deleted:
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- Flag of Ballsh.png
- Settlement AL.emblem
- Stema e Bashkisë Mallakastër.svg
- Settlement AL.skyline
- Ballsh.jpg
- Settlement AL.image_caption
- Ballsh in the Distance
- Settlement AL.county
- Fier
- Settlement AL.municipality
- Mallakastër
- Settlement AL.elevation
- 231
- Settlement AL.population as of
- 2011
- Settlement AL.population unit
- 7657
- Settlement AL.postal code
- 9308
- Settlement AL.area code
- 0313
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Albania
- Population
- 6655
- Area
- 1064
- Elevation
- 197
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- Capital of
- Mallakastër
- Image
- Ballsh Mallakaster.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0313
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- Ballsh
- postal code
- 9308
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- Ballsh
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Encyclopedic overview
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Ballsh () is a town and a former municipality in Fier County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision and the seat of the municipality Mallakastër. It was the seat of the former District of Mallakastër. The population at the 2011 census was 7,657.
==Name== It was centre of Malkasra (Turkish of "Mallakastër") kaza in Sanjak of Berat in Yanya Vilayet during Ottoman rule between 1670 and 1912. Its name evolved from the name of the ancient town Byllis, located in proximity of Ballsh. Church sources report the variants Byllis, Bellis, Ballis and Vallis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ballsh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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