Maliq

Also known as Maliqi, Malik

Maliq (), formerly known as Malik (), is a town and a municipality in Korçë County of eastern Albania. It is the smaller of two cities in the district, the other being Korçë, southeast of Maliq. The current enlarged municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former administrative units of Gorë, Libonik, Maliq, Moglicë, Pirg, Pojan and Vreshtas. The seat of the municipality is the town Maliq. The total population is 41,757 (2011 census), in a total area of 656.89 km2. The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 4,290. The municipal

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Settlement (Albanian).type: m
Settlement (Albanian).name: Maliq
Settlement (Albanian).emblem: Stema e Bashkisë Maliq.svg
Settlement (Albanian).caption: City Hall of Maliq
Settlement (Albanian).skyline: 260px
Settlement (Albanian).county: Korçë
Settlement (Albanian).mayor: Gëzim Topçiu
Settlement (Albanian).party: PS
Settlement (Albanian).elevation: 825
Settlement (Albanian).area munic: 656.89
Settlement (Albanian).population as of: 2023
Settlement (Albanian).population munic: 31008
Settlement (Albanian).population unit: 3668
Settlement (Albanian).postal code: 7005
Settlement (Albanian).area code: (0)861

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Population: 3668
Elevation: 844
Official website: bashkiamaliq.gov.al
Image: Maliq Bridge.jpg

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postal code: 7005
Commons category: Maliq

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==Name== The name of the town derives from a patronymic, which is either the proper noun Mal ("mountain" in Albanian), suffixed with the diminutive -iq or a variation of the definite form of the Muslim name Melik (Meliki).