Shijak
Shijak is a city in Albania with a population of about 14,138.
Shijak is a town and a municipality in Durrës County, west-central Albania. The municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Gjepalaj, Maminas, Shijak and Xhafzotaj, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Shijak. The total population is 27,861, in a total area of 92.24 km2. The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 7,568.
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About Shijak
| Country | Albania |
| Continent | Europe |
| Explore | 42 |
| Population | 14,138 |
| Local currency | ALL |
| Coordinates | 41.3456, 19.5672 |
| Time zone | Europe/Tirane |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Small town |
| Distance to the capital | 21 km · Tirana |
| Population (Albania) | #28 most populated in Albania |
| Where on Earth | 41°20′44″N · 19°34′2″E |
| Hemisphere | N · E |
| Distance to the equator | 4,603 km |
| Distance to the North Pole | 5,416 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 99% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Yunusobod (Uzbekistan) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | -41.35, -160.43 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| Paris | 1,583 km |
| Cairo | 1,637 km |
| London | 1,876 km |
| Moscow | 2,069 km |
| Dubai | 3,736 km |
| New York | 7,418 km |