Bathorë
Encyclopedia
Bathorë is an area just outside Tirana
, the capital city of Albania
in Eastern Europe
. Much of the area is essentially a shanty town
, although local and international charitable organisations
are involved in laying drainage and water supply pipes, and in recent years a hospital (built by Merlin
) and school (part-funded by UNICEF) have been constructed.
The area, comprising approximately 2 square miles (5.2 km²), was originally a state-run farm, and many of the estimated 20,000 residents live in converted cattle sheds with very little space, and often no windows. Sanitation is poor and there is no legal supply of electricity, although haphazard supplies do exist.
Tirana
Tirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...
, the capital city of Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
. Much of the area is essentially a shanty town
Shanty town
A shanty town is a slum settlement of impoverished people who live in improvised dwellings made from scrap materials: often plywood, corrugated metal and sheets of plastic...
, although local and international charitable organisations
Charitable organization
A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization . It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization (NPO). It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A...
are involved in laying drainage and water supply pipes, and in recent years a hospital (built by Merlin
Merlin (charity)
Merlin is a British international health charity, which sends medical experts to global emergencies.-History:...
) and school (part-funded by UNICEF) have been constructed.
The area, comprising approximately 2 square miles (5.2 km²), was originally a state-run farm, and many of the estimated 20,000 residents live in converted cattle sheds with very little space, and often no windows. Sanitation is poor and there is no legal supply of electricity, although haphazard supplies do exist.
External links
- Aid Convoy – One of the organisations working in Bathorë
- Photographs of Bathorë
- Map showing Bathorë