Dropull i Poshtëm ( el, Κάτω Δρόπολη, ''Kato Dropoli'') is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

Gjirokastër County Gjirokastër County ( sq, Qarku i Gjirokastrës) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The total population in 2021 was 58,031, in an area of 2884 km². Its capital is the city Gjirokastër. Administrative divisions Until 2000, Gjirokastër ...

, southern

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality

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–Albani ...

. The population at the 2011 census was 2,100. The municipal unit is inhabited by

ethnic Greeks The Greeks or Hellenes (; el, Έλληνες, ''Éllines'' ) are an ethnic group and nation indigenous to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions, namely Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and, to a lesser extent, other ...

Settlements

Derviçan Derviçan ( sq-definite, Derviçani; gr, Δερβιτσάνη, ''Dervitsani'', also known as Dervician) is a settlement in the former Dropull i Poshtëm municipality, Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it b ...

(Δερβιτσάνη) *

Dhuvjan Dhuvjan ( gr, Δούβιανη, Douviani) 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 large ...

(Δούβιανη) * Frashtan (Φράστανη) *

Glinë Glinë ( sq-definite, Glina; gr, Γλύνα, translit=Glyna) 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 ...

(Γλύνα) *

Goranxi Goranxi ( gr, Γοραντζή, , ''Gorantzi'' or Καλογοραντζή, ''Kalogorantzi'') is a settlement in the former Dropull i Poshtëm municipality, Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part o ...

(Καλογοραντζή or Γοραντζή) * Goricë (Γορίτσα) *

Grapsh Grapsh ( sq-definite, Grapshi; el, Γράψη; romanized: ''Grápsi'') 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. D ...

(Γράψη) * Haskovë (Χάσκοβο) * Lugar (Λιούγκαρη) * Peshkëpi e Sipërme (Άνω Επισκοπή) * Peshkëpi e Poshtme (Κάτω Επισκοπή) * Radë (Ραντάτι) * (Σωφράτικα) *

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 ...

(Τεριαχάτι or Τεριαχάτες) * Vanistër (Βάνιστα) * Vrahogoranxi (Βραχογοραντζή)

Notable people

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 Z ...

(1897–1943), leader of the Northern Epirote resistance (1942–1943).

References

Administrative units of Dropull Former municipalities in Gjirokastër County Greek communities in Albania {{Gjirokastër-geo-stub

Settlements

Notable people

See also

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