Lekël ( sq-definite, Lekli) is a community 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 part of the municipality

Tepelenë Tepelenë ( sq-definite, Tepelena) is a city and a municipality in Gjirokastër County, in the south of Albania. The town is located on the left bank of the Vjosa River, about three kilometres downstream from its union with the Drino. Until the a ...

. Lekël 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 ...

. Warm-summer Mediterranean climate predominates in this area.

Notable people

Anastas Byku Anastas Byku was a 19th-century Albanian publisher and journalist. His publication of the ''Pelasgos'' newspaper in 1861 in both Albanian and Greek languages is considered to be one of the first publications of a periodical in Albanian. His ende ...

, publisher of the bilingual Albanian-Greek ''Pellazgos'' magazine in 1860–1861 in

Lamia LaMia Corporation S.R.L., operating as LaMia (short for ''Línea Aérea Mérida Internacional de Aviación''), was a Bolivian charter airline headquartered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, as an EcoJet subsidiary. It had its origins from the failed ...

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

Gjergj Suli Gjergj Suli (1893–1948), also referred to as At Gjergj Suli was an Albanian Orthodox cleric and martyr. Biography Gjergj Suli was born in Lekël village, Vilayet of Yannina, Ottoman Empire today modern southern Albania . His surname sugges ...

(1893–1948), Albanian Orthodox cleric and martyr *

Georgios Vagias Georgios Vagias ( el, Γεώργιος Βάγιας) was a Greek general during the Greek War of Independence (1821–1830). Vagias was born in Lekel, Ottoman Empire , modern southern Albania. He participated in several conflicts during the Greek ...

, Greek army general *

Thanasis Vagias Thanasis Vagias ( el, Θανάσης Βάγιας; sq, Thanas Vaja; 1765–1834) was a Greek counselor and confidant of Ali Pasha, the Muslim Albanian ruler of Ottoman Epirus.: "VAYIAS, Thanasis, 1765-1834, Epirot Greek, a confidant of Ali Pasha, ...

(1765–1834), general, counselor, and confidant of

References

Populated places in Tepelenë Villages in Gjirokastër County {{Gjirokastër-geo-stub