Stegopul or Stegopull () is a village in Lunxhëri,

Gjirokastër County Gjirokastër County () is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The total population in 2023 was 60,013, in an area of 2884 km2. Its capital is the city Gjirokastër. Administrative divisions Until 2000, Gjirokastër County was subdivided into thre ...

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

. At the 2015 local government reform, it became part of the municipality

Libohovë Libohovë ( sq-definite, Libohova) is a town and a municipality in southern Albania. It is overlooked by Libohovë Castle and has a main street with views across the Drino valley. Libohovë is at the foot of the Mount Bureto, Bureto Mountain. The r ...

. It is home to the Orthodox Church of St. Elijah's, also declared a national monument. In 1989, Stegopull counted 160 inhabitants, most of whom were Orthodox Albanians and a minority were

Aromanians The Aromanians () are an Ethnic groups in Europe, ethnic group native to the southern Balkans who speak Aromanian language, Aromanian, an Eastern Romance language. They traditionally live in central and southern Albania, south-western Bulgari ...

,Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995).
Η ελληνική κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το πρίσμα της ιστορικής γεωγραφίας και δημογραφίας [The Greek Community of Albania in terms of historical geography and demography
" In Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). ''Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]''. University of Athens. p. 34. "Στα πλαίσια της επιτόπιας έρευνας που πραγματοποιήσαμε στην Αλβανία (Νοέμβριος-Δεκέμβριος 1992), μελετήσαμε το ζήτημα των εθνοπολιτισμικών ομάδων, όπως αυτές συνειδητοποιούνται σήμερα επί τόπου. s part of the fieldwork we held in Albania (November–December 1992), we studied the issue of ethnocultural groups, as they are realized today on the spot.; p. 51. "ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί, Β Βλάχοι"; p.55. "STEGOPULLI ΣΤΕΓΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ. 160 ΑΧ + β". but in the following year, the Aromanian community outnumbered the rest of the population. Alternative spellings for Stegopul can be found in various languages, such as Stegopulli, Shtegopol, Stregopuli, Stegopull, Stegopol, Stegopoli and Stegopuli.

Notable people

Kostandin Boshnjaku Kostandin Boshnjaku (20 October 1888 – 22 December 1953) was an Albanian banker, politician, diplomat and in the last years of his life as a translator of books. Even though he was one of the earliest Albanian communists, he was arrested an ...

(1888–1953), Albanian politician and communist *

Kyriakos Kyritsis Kyriakos Kyritsis () was a Greek lawyer and politician from the village of Stegopul ( Lunxhëri), in modern southern Albania. He supported financially the local Greek revolt of 1878 against Ottoman rule. Because of this involvement his possession ...

, Greek lawyer and politician *

Ioannis Poutetsis Ioannis Poutetsis (, 1878–1912) was a Greek revolutionary leader from the region of Epirus, in the early 20th century. Poutetsis was born in the village of Stegopul ( Lunxhëri), near Gjirokastër, Ottoman Empire (modern Albania). From Septembe ...

(1878–1912), Greek revolutionary *

Urani Rumbo Urani Rumbo (20 January 1895 – 26 March 1936) was an Albanian feminist, teacher, and playwright. She founded various associations promoting Albanian women's rights, the most important of which was the ''Lidhja e Gruas'' (''Woman's Union''), one ...

(1895–1936), Albanian writer

References

Populated places in Libohovë Villages in Gjirokastër County Aromanian settlements in Albania {{Gjirokastër-geo-stub