Shales: facts

At a glance

• Country: Albania
• Region: Elbasan County
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Coordinates: 40.9986° N, 19.9478° E
• Time zone: Europe/Tirane (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Lek (ALL)
• Distance to the capital, Tirana: 38 km (24 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA): 50 km (31 mi), straight line
• Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport (OHD, North Macedonia): 70 km (43 mi), straight line
• Kastoria National Airport Aristotle (KSO, Greece): 128 km (80 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Cerrik: 4.4 km (2.7 mi)
• Paper: 6.0 km (3.7 mi)
• Belsh: 6.1 km (3.8 mi)
• Grekan: 7.7 km (4.8 mi)
• Klos: 7.8 km (4.9 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Elbasan, 17 km (10 mi)