Hotolisht is a village and a former municipality in the

Elbasan County Elbasan County () is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population is 266,245 (2021), in an area of 3199 km². Its capital is the city Elbasan. Administrative divisions Until 2000, Elbasan County was subdivided into four districts: Elbas ...

, eastern

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

Librazhd Librazhd ( sq-definite, Librazhdi) is a town and a municipality in Elbasan County, eastern Albania. The municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Hotolisht, Librazhd, Lunik, Orenjë, Poli ...

. The population at the 2011 census was 5,706.2011 census results
The municipal unit consists of the villages Buzgare, Dardhe, Hotolisht, Kokreve, Vehcan, Vulcan and Xhyre.

Demographic history

The village of Hotolisht appears in the Ottoman ''

defter A ''defter'' (plural: ''defterler'') was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire. Description The information collected could vary, but ''tahrir defterleri'' typically included details of villages, dwellings, household ...

'' of 1467 as a settlement in the

vilayet A vilayet ( ota, , "province"), also known by #Names, various other names, was a first-order administrative division of the later Ottoman Empire. It was introduced in the Vilayet Law of 21 January 1867, part of the Tanzimat reform movement init ...

of Çermeniça with a total of 13 households, represented by the following household heads: '' Pop Shtjafenim'', ''Pop Kozmai'', ''Gjergj Vlashi'', ''Mekshe Koleci'', ''Progon Goroda'' (possibly, ''Guruda'' or ''Gruda''), ''Tolë Penkuli'', ''Gjon Primiqyri'', ''Nikolla Bosi'', ''Nenko Andropoli'', ''Progon Pilashi'', ''Petër Vlashi'', ''Ishri Vlashi'', and ''Gjergj Koja''.

References

Former municipalities in Elbasan County Administrative units of Librazhd Villages in Elbasan County {{Elbasan-geo-stub