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Vurg
Vurg ( sq-definite, Vurgu; el, Βούργος ''Vourgos'' or Βούρκος ''Vourkos'') is a plain and region in the southern part of Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. Name The toponym means marshland, in both Albanian and Greek. Before bonification works in the Communism period, most of the Vurg area was covered with marshes. When it rained, the Kalasë and Bistricë (river), Bistrica rivers increased the marsh area even further. History At the Archaic Greece, archaic era of antiquity the winter pastures of the Vurg plain were controlled by the Ancient Epirote tribe of the Chaonians when the later reached their peak of power. The main city of the Chaonians, Phoenice was located at the center of the plain of Vurg. In the 14th-15th centuries, the area was under the control of Tocco family, Tocco, Zenevisi family, Zenebishi and Arianiti family, Arianiti families. In 1431, Vurg's field was part of the Sanjak of Albania in the Ottoman Empire. According to Ottoman register data, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lefter Talo
Lefter Talo ( el, Λευτέρη Τάλλιος) is a village in the former commune of Livadhe, Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality of Finiq. At 1993 the total population of the village was 178, all of them part of the Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ... community in Albania. Name The name Lefter Talo (Lefteris Talios in Greek) was given to the village by the authorities of the People's Republic of Albania to honor a local Greek resistance leader ( Hero of the People recipient). The former name of the village was ''Hajdëragas'' and was of Albanian origin with its suffix (-aga) coming from the Turkish title agha. At the Ottoman registers of 1895 it was recorded as Hadir-aga or Haidar-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bistricë (river)
Bistricë (definite: Bistrica) is a river in southwestern Albania. It ends in the Ionian Sea. Etymology The name Bistrica comes from Slavic, meaning "clear (water)". Other toponyms including "Bistrica" in Balkan countries indicate the Slavic origin of the toponym. Geography Bistricë starts from Mali i Gjerë (also known as ''Sopot'') in Finiq municipality directing initially versus south-west. The main source is near Krongj ( "The Blue Eye" source), also gathering other sources from the nearby villages of Pecë, Kardhikaq, Velahovë, and other smaller brooks. It passes through Mesopotam and Finiq municipalities, parallel with the Sarandë-Gjirokastër road. Initially the river ended in Lake Butrint, which connects with the Ionian sea through the Vivar channel. In 1958, it was deviated to Çukë channel. The river is 25 km long. Economy and tourism The river is not navigable. There is an artificial lake with the same name ( sq, Liqeni i Bistricës) built on its basin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counties Of Albania
Counties ( sq, or ), also sometimes known as prefectures (), are the first-level Administrative divisions of Albania, administrative subdivisions of Albania, replacing the earlier districts of Albania, districts. Since 2000, there have been 12 counties. 2015 Albanian local elections, Since 2015, they have been divided into 61 municipalities of Albania, municipalities and 373 administrative units of Albania, administrative units. History Since Albanian Declaration of Independence, its Declaration of Independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, Albania has reorganized administrative divisions of Albania, its internal administration 21 times. The primary division until the year 2000 was into districts of Albania, districts ( sq, rrethe), whose number, size, and importance varied over time. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arianiti Family
The House of Arianiti were an Albanian noble family that ruled large areas in Albania and neighbouring areas from the 11th to the 16th century. Their domain stretched across the Shkumbin valley and the old Via Egnatia road and reached east to today's Bitola. Names The first attested surname of the family in various forms is Ar(i)aniti, which was also used as a personal name. In documents contemporary to its members ''Araniti'' is the most prevalent form, from which almost all placenames of the areas of their domains that were named after them derive. ''Arianiti'', a rare form from the first definite documentations of the family in the late 13th and early 14th century to the extinction of its male line in the mid-16th century, became prominent in early modern era works and eventually reached a common surname status in historical discourse. The etymology of the surname is unclear; it may ultimately derive from the Indo-European word ''arya'' (noble), derivations of which can be fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8 Nëntori Publishing House
The 8 Nëntori ( en, 8 November) Publishing House was a publisher, created in 1973, in Tirana, Albania, and dedicated mainly to political and nonfictional publications. History The name stems from the date of the foundation of the Party of Labour of Albania The Party of Labour of Albania ( sq, Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë, PPSh), sometimes referred to as the Albanian Workers' Party (AWP), was the ruling and sole legal party of Albania during the communist period (1945–1991). It was founded o .... The sector of translations of the Institute of History of the Party of Labour of Albania, created in 1955, had transferred into the Naim Frashëri Publishing House in 1965. 8 years later, in 1973 the 8 Nëntori Publishing House was created as a split from Naim Frashëri, which, starting in 1974, focused mostly on fictional literature. The publishing house fully translated philosophic materials, which were up to then very little known in Albanian, mainly Marxist one. The transla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Liberation Movement (Albania)
The National Liberation Movement ( sq, Lëvizja Nacional-Çlirimtare; or ''Lëvizja Antifashiste Nacional-Çlirimtare'' (LANÇ)), also translated as National Liberation Front, was an Albanian communist resistance organization that fought in World War II. It was created on 16 September 1942, in a conference held in Pezë, a village near Tirana, and was led by Enver Hoxha. Apart from the figures which had the majority in the General Council it also included known nationalists like Myslim Peza. In May 1944, the Albanian National Liberation Front was transformed into the government of Albania and its leaders became government members, and in August 1945, it was replaced by the Democratic Front. The Albanian National Liberation Army (''Ushtria Nacional-Çlirimtare'') was the army created by the National Liberation Movement. Background Italian invasion Albania did not put an organized resistance to the Italian invasion (April 7–12, 1939). However different Albanian groups of patri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chameria Battalion
The Chameria battalion ( sq, Batalioni Çamëria) was a battalion of the National Anti-Fascist Liberation Army of Albania during the Second World War. It was formed from the organized resistance groups of Cham Albanians on 15 June 1943 and was renamed as the IV Chameria Group ( sq, Grupi IV Çamëria) in October 1943, which ceased to exist after the Liberation of Albania. It included at the time of its creation more than 500 armed troops, the vast majority of whom were Albanians from the Greek part of Chameria region and the rest from the Albanian part, and about 40 members of the Greek minority in Albania.Anamali, Skënder and Prifti, Kristaq. Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime. Botimet Toena, 2002, . Background On April 7, 1939, Italian troops invaded Albania. The operation was led by General Alfredo Guzzoni. Despite some stubborn resistance by some patriots, especially at Durrës, the Italians made short work of the Albanians. Durrës was captured on April 7, Tir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarakatsani
The Sarakatsani ( el, Σαρακατσάνοι, also written Karakachani, bg, каракачани) are an ethnic Greek population subgroup who were traditionally transhumant shepherds, native to Greece, with a smaller presence in neighbouring Bulgaria, southern Albania, and North Macedonia. Historically centred on the Pindus mountains and other mountain ranges in continental Greece, most Sarakatsani have abandoned the transhumant way of life and have been urbanised. Name The most widely accepted theory for the origin of the name "Sarakatsani" is that it comes from the Turkish word ''karakaçan'' (from ''kara'' = 'black' and ''kaçan'' = 'fugitive'), used by the Ottomans, in reference to those people who dressed in black and fled to the mountains during the Ottoman rule. According to another theory, the name derives from the village of Sakaretsi, the supposed homeland of the Sarakatsani. History and origin Despite the silence of the classical and medieval writers, scholars a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjak Of Delvina
The Sanjak of Delvina ( tr, Delvine Sancağı, al, Sanxhaku i Delvinës) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire which county town was Delvinë but during the 18th century became Gjirokastër, Albania. It was created in the mid-16th century, came under the control of the Pashalik of Yanina during 1785−1822, and was disestablished after the Balkan Wars in 1913. It was divided between Albania Albania and Greece in 1913. Name The Sanjak took its name from the Albanian toponym ( definite form: ). During the 18th century the local pasha moved the seat of the sanjak from Delvinë to Gjirokastër. Its official name did not change; however, it was also referred to as Sanjak of Gjirokastër. History Before the Sanjak of Delvina was established in the mid-16th century, Delvina was a seat of the kaza which belonged to the Sanjak of Avlona. Sanjak of Delvina had the lowest income of 21 sanjaks in Eyalet Rumelia. The Ottoman ''defter'' of 1582 for the Sanjak of Delvina provid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konispol
Konispol ( sq-definite, Konispoli) is the southernmost town in Albania. It sits one kilometer away from the Border crossings of Albania, Albanian-Greek border. The settlement is inhabited by Muslim Cham Albanians. Konispol is the modern centre of the Cham Albanian community in Albania. The main economic interests of Konispol are agriculture and viticulture. The town is the seat of the southernmost administrative unit in Albania, the Municipality of Konispol ( sq, Bashkia Konispol). It was formed during the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities of Konispol, Markat and Xarrë. The total population is 8,245 (2011 census), in a total area of 226.26 km2. The population of the former Konispol municipality at the 2011 census was 2,123. The former Konispol municipal unit (pre-2015) consisted of the town Konispol and the village Çiflik. The new larger municipality of Konispol contains settlements that are inhabited by Albanians who form the majority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delvinë
Delvinë ( or , ); is a town and a municipality in Vlorë County, southern Albania, northeast of Saranda. It was formed in the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Delvinë and Vergo, which became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Delvinë. The total population is 7,598 (2011 census), in a total area of . The population of the former municipality in the 2011 census was 5,754. The town is built on a mountain slope. It has a mosque, a Catholic church, a Protestant church, and an Orthodox church. Nearby are the remainders of a medieval castle. To the southwest of the city is the site of ancient Phoenice, which was declared an Archaeological Park in 2005. The town's population consists of a majority of Albanians and a substantial Greek minority. Other communities include Balkan Egyptians and until WWII, Jews. There is little local employment apart from that provided by the state, and Delvinë benefits little from the tourist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
