Selishtë

Selishtë is a village and a former municipality in the Dibër County, northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Dibër.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 1,605.[2] The toponym is Slavic (Selište).[3]

Selishtë
Municipal unit
Selishtë
Coordinates: 41°37′N 20°16′E
Country Albania
CountyDibër
MunicipalityDibër
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
1,605
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

A rudimentary chrome mine functions in the village. It makes the headlines occasionally due to the occasional death of miners in accidents.

References
  1. Law nr. 115/2014 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 2011 census results Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Kosta Mihailović; Akademija nauka i umjetnosti Republike Srpske (2006), Kosovo and Metohija: past, present, future : papers presented at the International Scholarly Meeting held at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, March 16-18, 2006, Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, Slavic toponyms, such as Varos Dragos, Seliste
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