Erind is a village 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 ...
. It belongs to the former
Lunxhëri municipality and is part of the wider
Lunxhëri region. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality
Gjirokastër
Gjirokastër (, sq-definite, Gjirokastra) is a city in the Republic of Albania and the seat of Gjirokastër County and Gjirokastër Municipality. It is located in a valley between the Gjerë mountains and the Drino, at 300 metres above sea le ...
.
Erind was one of the Albanian Christian villages in the possession of the House of Moutzohoussates ( sq, Muçohysaj), the ancestral house of
Ali Pasha Ali Pasha was the name of numerous Ottoman pashas named Ali. It is most commonly used to refer to Ali Pasha of Ioannina.
People
* Çandarlı Ali Pasha (died 1406), Ottoman grand vizier (1387–1406)
* Hadım Ali Pasha (died 1511), Ottoman grand v ...
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Notable people
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Misto Mame
Misto Mame is an Albanian World War II People's Hero. He was killed in action against Fascist Italian forces on 16 August 1942.
Mame was born in 1921 in Erind, Gjirokastër. He was an active participant in the antifascist demonstration and memb ...
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Sofia Noti
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Petro Poga
References
Populated places in Gjirokastër
Villages in Gjirokastër County
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