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Elbasan, also Elbasani, city in central Albania, capital of Elbasan District, on the Shkumbin River, near Tiranë. The city is the terminus of a railroad from Durrës and a market center for the area, where tobacco, olives, fruit, grapes, cotton, grains, and vegetables are grown. Industries include production of olive oil, wine, cigarettes, leather, textiles, flour, and handicrafts. A 15th-century fortress in Elbasan contains a museum of antiquities. The present city was built by the Turks in 1466 on the site of ancient Scampa, on the Via Egnatia. Population (1990 estimate) 83,300. 
 
 

Also in this section:   History Of Elbasan Photo Album (Elbasan in Pictures) Elbasan - Qytet i Shqiperise By Dhimitër Shuteriqi (in Albanian) Elbasan - The First Ferris Wheel in the World, from National Geograpic Archives

 

Albanian Journal : The Road to Elbasan (Terra Incognita  Series , No 2) by Edmund Keeley        List Price: $14.00        Our Price: $11.20        You Save: $2.80 (20%)