Shëngjin, Tirana
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Shëngjin (Albanian for Saint Jean) is a village in the former municipality of
Shëngjergj Shëngjergj (Albanian for Saint George) is a village and a former municipality in the Tirana County, central Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tirana. The population at the 2011 census was 2,18 ...
in Tirana County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tirana.


Demographic history

Shëngjin is recorded 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 village belonging to the region of Tamadhea in the vilayet of Çermenika. Shëngjin was a relatively settlement with only five households which were represented by the following household heads: ''Andrija Rili'', ''Gjon Menkoli'', ''Petër Mizijo'', ''Gjon Pigonti'', and ''Gjon Bashka''.


References

Populated places in Tirana Villages in Tirana County {{Tirana-geo-stub