Manëz

This article is about the town in Albania. For the musician, see Andrew Manze.

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.^[2] The population at the 2023 census was 7,185.^[1]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1989	6,857	—
2001	7,587	+10.6%
2011	6,652	−12.3%
2023	7,185	+8.0%
Source: [3][4]

Manëz
Municipal unit
Street in the municipality after the local elections in 2011
Manëz
Coordinates: 41°26′N 19°35′E
Country	Albania
County	Durrës
Municipality	Durrës
• Municipal unit	49.12 km2 (18.97 sq mi)
Population  (2023[1])
• Municipal unit	7,185
• Municipal unit density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code	2011
Area Code	(0)572

The town is known for Camp Ashraf 3, the headquarters for the exiled Iranian political group, the People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK).^[5]

See also

• People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran#Settlement in Albania (2016–present)

References

1. "Main Results of the Population and Housing Census 2023". INSTAT.
2. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6368. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
3. "Albania: All places/communes".
4. "Census of Population and Housing". Institute of Statistics Albania.
5. Kingsley, Patrick (16 February 2020). "Highly Secretive Iranian Rebels Are Holed up in Albania. They Gave Us a Tour". The New York Times.