Selishtë is a village and a former municipality in the Dibër County, northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Dibër.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 1,605.[2] The toponym is Slavic (Selište).[3]
Selishtë | |
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Coordinates: 41°37′N 20°16′E / 41.617°N 20.267°E | |
Country | Albania |
County | Dibër |
Municipality | Dibër |
Population (2011) | |
• Municipal unit | 1,605 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
A rudimentary chrome mine functions in the village. It makes the headlines occasionally due to the occasional death of miners in accidents.
References
edit- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6367. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ 2011 census results Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kosta Mihailović; Akademija nauka i umjetnosti Republike Srpske (2006), Kosovo and Metohija: past, present, future : papers presented at the International Scholarly Meeting held at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, March 16-18, 2006, Serbian Academy of Science and Arts,
Slavic toponyms, such as Varos Dragos, Seliste