Martanesh


Martanesh is a geographic and ethnographic region within the Tiranë County in eastern Albania. Formerly a commune, at the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tiranë. The population at the 2011 census was 1,836. The settlement holding the status of town is Krastë, which was also the center of the commune. The population is largely Bektashi with a rather small Catholic minority, and the commune contains the Teqe of Martanesh.

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