Maliq ( sq-definite, Maliqi) formerly known as Malik, is a town and a municipality in

Korçë County Korçë County ( sq, Qarku Korçë, italic=unset), officially the County of Korçë ( sq, Qarku i Korçës, italic=unset), is a county in the Southern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the largest by area and the seventh most populous of ...

of eastern

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

. It is the smaller of two cities in the district, the other being

Korçë Korçë (; sq-definite, Korça) is the eighth most populous city of the Republic of Albania and the seat of Korçë County and Korçë Municipality. The total population is 75,994 (2011 census), in a total area of . It stands on a plateau some ...

, southeast of Maliq. The current enlarged municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former administrative units of

Gorë Gorë is a former municipality in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Maliq. The population at the 2011 census was 1,565. The municipal unit consists of the villa ...

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, Maliq,

Moglicë Moglicë is a village and a former municipality in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Maliq Maliq ( sq-definite, Maliqi) formerly known as Malik, is a town and ...

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Pojan Pojan is a village and a former municipality in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Maliq. The population at the 2011 census was 10,864.

and

Vreshtas Vreshtas is a village and a former municipality in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Maliq Maliq ( sq-definite, Maliqi) formerly known as Malik, is a town and ...

. The seat of the municipality is the town Maliq. The total population is 41,757 (2011 census), in a total area of 656.89 km². The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 4,290. The municipal unit consists of the town Maliq and the villages Kolanec, Goce, Gjyras,

Bickë Bickë is a community in the Korçë County, Albania. It is part of the municipality Maliq. References

Populated places in Maliq Villages in Korçë County {{Korçë-geo-stub ...

, Fshat Maliq and Plovisht.

History

The city of Malqi contains early Bronze Age archaeological sites, which offer evidence of cultural continuity of early Bronze Age peoples in the Balkans. The archaeological site of Maliq IIIa shows signs of pottery ware designs influenced by pottery styles in Bronze Age Greece. However, a stylistic break occurs in Maliq IIb site, where "cruder ceramic types, frequently including doubled handled vases and single handled cups, with no connection with earlier Eneolithic levels f archeological digs.

Economy

The city of Malqi flourished around a sugar beet factory built in 1951. The factory was built with help from Soviet foreign aid. When the factory started operating it had a capacity of 1,000 tons to 2,400 tons later on. Eventually the factory was closed in the 1990s leading to a significant unemployment in the city.http://om.ciheam.org/om/pdf/c02-2/CI011004.pdf

Sports

The

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team

KF Maliqi Klubi Futbollit Maliqi is an Albanian football club based in Maliq, Korçë County. The club was founded in the 1950s and has played its home games at the Jovan Asko Stadium. The play in the Kategoria e Dytë Kategoria e Dytë is the third prof ...

is home to the city of Maliq. The team was founded in the late 1990s and its home ground in Jovan Asko Stadium, Maliq which has a capacity of 1,500 spectators. The owner of the team is the Municipality of Maliq and the President of the team is Gëzim Topçiu. The team is currently playing in the

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References

Neolithic Settlements in Albania
*Prendi, F. “La civilisation préhistorique de Maliq”, Studia Albanica 1, 1966 : 254–266. *Mallory, J.P. “In Search of the Indo-Europeans”, Thames And Hudson, 1989 : 75.

External links

Maliq (Albania) map – Nona.net
Municipalities in Korçë County Administrative units of Maliq Towns in Albania {{Korçë-geo-stub