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Elbasan

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Elbasan

Town in Albania, capital of Elbasan district, on the right bank of the River Shkumbi; population (1990) 83,300. It is the centre of a fertile agricultural region and its industries include olive- oil processing, soapmaking, and timber milling. It is a railway terminus. There is an oil refinery at Cerrik, to the southwest.
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This effort was assisted in 1999 by the initiation of a United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) "Weapons in Exchange for Development" program (originally targeted at the Albanian district of Gramsh, later extended to Elbasan and Dirba).
Destroying excess small arms: United States policy and programs by Slack, Micheal D. / DISAM Journal
When Seament Albania's factory in Elbasan was forced to close for eight months during the anarchy of 1977, the management decided to keep faith with the workforce by continuing to pay their salaries, even though there was no production.
Cement for community: (Pierre Semaan - director of a large cement ... by Williams, Paul / For A Change
Nowhere was this coalescence between the Socialists (and their allies) and the rebels more graphically displayed than in the small town of Cerrik, not far from the monumental "Steel of the Party" metallurgical complex at Elbasan.
Albania's cappuccino coup by Sunley, Johnathan / The National Interest
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