Manëz

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Manëz
Municipal unit
Street in the municipality after the local elections in 2011
Street in the municipality after the local elections in 2011
Manëz is located in Albania
Manëz
Manëz
Coordinates: 41°26′N 19°35′E / 41.433°N 19.583°E / 41.433; 19.583Coordinates: 41°26′N 19°35′E / 41.433°N 19.583°E / 41.433; 19.583
Country Albania
CountyDurrës
MunicipalityDurrës
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
6,652
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code
2011
Area Code(0)572

Manëz or Manzë is a town and a former municipality in the Durrës County, western Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Durrës.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 6,652.[2]

The town is known for the headquarters for the exiled Iranian Shiite Islamist-Marxist political group, the People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK) which their compound is designated as Camp Ashraf.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6368. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ 2011 census results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/16/world/europe/iran-mek-albania.html


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