Manëz

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]

This article is about the town in Albania. For the musician, see Andrew Manze.
Manëz
Municipal unit
Street in the municipality after the local elections in 2011
Manëz
Coordinates: 41°26′N 19°35′E
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

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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