Krastë is a small town in Dibër County, east Albania. With a population of 2142, it is the center and only town of the municipal unit of Martanesh. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Bulqizë. Situated on a plateau, at 1100 m altitude, it is Albania's highest town. Krastë was founded as a new mining town in 1970, mostly for the exploitation of chromium ore from the Batra mine.Wikipedia