Peqin (IPA: [pecin], Albanian definite form: Peqini) is a town and municipality in Elbasan County, central Albania.

The city's modern name derives from the Ottoman form Bekleyin, which means a place of hospitality.

The Ottoman Peqin Castle still exists, along with some original parts of the mosque of Abdurrahman Pasha, who had been the governor of Wallachia and Moldavia (former Bogdania).

There is the SH7 stateroad on the outer city ring of Peqin and starts in Rrogozhinë and ends in Bradashesh, Elbasan.

The team was founded in 1951 and its home ground is Shkumbini Stadium with a capacity of 9,000 spectators.