Besh is a village in the former municipality of Zall-Bastar in Tirana County, Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tirana.[2]

Besh
Besh is located in Albania
Besh
Besh
Coordinates: 41°25′N 19°55′E / 41.417°N 19.917°E / 41.417; 19.917
Country Albania
CountyTirana
MunicipalityTirana
Municipal unitZall-Bastar
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Demographic history

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Besh (Bensh) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the timar of Mustafa in the nahiyah of Benda. The settlement was small with only a total of three households represented by: Kal Sundia, Shtjafën Bozhiku, and Martin Franku.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Qarku Tirane". Shoqata e Komunave të Shqipërisë. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6375. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 178.