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Dropull I Poshtëm
Dropull i Poshtëm ( el, Κάτω Δρόπολη, ''Kato Dropoli'') is a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Dropull. The population at the 2011 census was 2,100. The municipal unit is inhabited by ethnic Greeks. Settlements *Derviçan (Δερβιτσάνη) *Dhuvjan (Δούβιανη) * Frashtan (Φράστανη) *Glinë (Γλύνα) *Goranxi (Καλογοραντζή or Γοραντζή) * Goricë (Γορίτσα) *Grapsh (Γράψη) * Haskovë (Χάσκοβο) * Lugar (Λιούγκαρη) * Peshkëpi e Sipërme (Άνω Επισκοπή) * Peshkëpi e Poshtme (Κάτω Επισκοπή) * Radë (Ραντάτι) * (Σωφράτικα) *Terihat (Τεριαχάτι or Τεριαχάτες) * Vanistër (Βάνιστα) * Vrahogoranxi (Βραχογοραντζή) Notable people *Vasilios Sahinis (1897–1943), leader of the Northern Epirote resistance (1942–1943). S ...
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Dropull
Dropull ( sq-definite, Dropulli; el, Δρόπολη or Δερόπολη ''Dropoli'' or ''Deropoli'') is a municipality in Gjirokastër County, in southern Albania. The region stretches from south of the city of Gjirokastër to the Greek–Albanian border, along the Drino river. The region's villages are part of the Greek "minority zone" recognized by the Albanian government, in which live majorities of ethnic Greeks. The municipality Dropull was created in 2015 by the merger of the former municipalities Dropull i Poshtëm, Dropull i Sipërm and Pogon. The seat of the municipality is the village Sofratikë. According to the 2011 census the total population is 3,503; according to the civil registry of that year, which counts all citizens including those who live abroad, it is 23,247. The municipality covers an area of . Name A city called Hadrianopolis was founded in the region by the Roman emperor Hadrian ( r. 117–138). The Synecdemus of Hierocles, which contains a list of ...
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Administrative Units Of Dropull
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Dropull I Sipërm
Dropull i Sipërm ( el, Άνω Δρόπολη, ''Ano Dropoli'') is a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Dropull. The population at the 2011 census was 971. The municipal unit is inhabited by ethnic Greeks. Settlements *Bodrishtë (Βόδριστα) * Bularat (Βουλιαράτι or Βουλιαράτες) * Dritë (Άγιος Νικόλας) *Jorgucat (Γεωργουτσάτι or Γεωργουτσάτες) * Kërrë (Κουρά or Κρα) * Klishar (Κλεισάρι) *Kakavijë (Κακαβιά) * Koshovicë (Κοσοβίτσα or Κοσσοβίτσα) * Krioner (Κρυονέρι) * Likomil (Λυκομίλι or Γλυκομίλι) * Llongo (Λόγγος) * Llovinë (Λοβίνα) *Pepel (Πέπελη) * Selo (Σελλιό) * (Σωτήρα) * (Βοδίνο) *Vrisera (Βρυσερά) *Zervat (Ζερβάτι) See also * Dropull * Dropull i Poshtëm * Greeks in Albania ...
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Vasilios Sahinis
Vasileios Sachinis ( el, Βασίλειος Σαχίνης; 1897 – 18 November 1943) was a Greek leader of the Northern Epirote Liberation Front (MAVI) (1942–1943), an organization related to the National Republican Greek League of Napoleon Zervas. Biography Sachinis was born at the village of Dhuvjan in Dropull area (south of Gjirokastër) and studied at the Robert College in Constantinople (Istanbul). Then he became a businessman in Gjirokastër. During World War II and after the retreat of the Greek army from the area, he became part of the so-called "Northern Epirote" resistance against the Italian and then the German occupation forces in southern Albania (1942–1943)Albania's Captives. Pyrrhus J. Ruches. Argonaut, 1965, p. 156: "In June 1942 a leadership... Its leading spirit was Basil Sachines..." He protested to the Italian Occupation Forces, accusing them that they supported various activities of the Albanian resistance groups against the local Greek population. He b ...
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Vrahogoranxi
Vrahogoranxi ( Greek: Βραχογορατζή) is a settlement in the former Dropull i Poshtëm municipality, Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dropull. It is within the larger Dropull region. Demographics In the Ottoman register of 1520 for the Sanjak of Avlona, the village was attested in the district of Dropull. It had a total of 172 households and the anthroponymy attested almost entirely belonged to the Albanian onomastic sphere, characterised by personal names such as ''Bardh'', ''Deda'', ''Gjin'', ''Gjon'', ''Kola'', ''Leka'' and others. The village also had 6 Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ... households. References Populated places in Dropull {{Gjirokastër ...
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Terihat
Terihat ( sq, Terihati, el, Τεριαχάτι/Τεριαχάτες; romanized: ''Teriaháti/Teriahátes'') is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Dropull. It is inhabited solely by Greeks. Demographics In the Ottoman register of 1520 for the Sanjak of Avlona, Terihat was attested a village in the timar A timar was a land grant by the sultans of the Ottoman Empire between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, with an annual tax revenue of less than 20,000 akçes. The revenues produced from the land acted as compensation for military service ... of Is'hak, son of Mahmud. The village had a total of 58 households. The anthroponymy attested belonged almost entirely to the Albanian onomastic sphere, characterised by personal names such as ''Bardh'', ''Deda'', ''Gjin'', ''Gjon'', ''Kola'', ''Leka'', and others. The village also had a small number Muslim households. According to Ferit ...
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