Lushnjė
Lushnjė (Albanian: Lushnjė or Lushnja) is a town of Central-West Albania located at 40.95°N, 19.71°E. It is the center of the District of Lushnjė in the County of Fier and has a population of about 38,000 (2003 est.). The town was founded in late medieval time by a Turkish widow called Salushe. She built a restoring point in the way passing from Durrės to Berat. This way the town was born. In January of 1920, Lushnjė was a provisional capital of Albania and the place of the Congress of Lushnjė. Chieftains of Albania assembled in town and they declared Tirana first a provisional and then the definitive capital of Albania. The Lushnjė district is known as a main provider of agricultural products to the rest of the country. It is one of very few field districts of mountainous Albania.
See also History of Albania List of cities in Albania
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