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Bodrishtë
Bodrishtë ( sq-definite, Bodrishta; , Romanization of Greek, romanized: ''Vódrista'') is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Dropull. It is inhabited solely by Greeks in Albania, Greeks. Demographics In the Ottoman tax register of 1520 for the Sanjak of Avlona, Bodrishtë was attested a village in the timar under the authority of Ali, the son of Kasem and Jusuf, the son of Ali, who owned it jointly. The village had a total of 153 households. The anthroponymy attested belonged overwhelmingly to the Albanian language, Albanian onomastic sphere, characterised by personal names such as ''Bardh'', ''Deda'', ''Gjin'', ''Laluç'', ''Gurmir'', ''Gjon'', ''Kola'', ''Leka'' and others. The village also had 1 Muslims, Muslim household, that of ''Jusuf'', son of ''Ali''. According to Ferit Duka, the lack of names ending with -s implies a lack of Greek names. Moreover, according to Schmitt the onomasti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dropull
Dropull ( sq-definite, Dropulli; ''Dropoli'' or ''Deropoli'') is a municipality in Gjirokastër County, in southern Albania. The region stretches from south of the city of Gjirokastër to the Greek–Albanian border, along the Drino river. The region's villages are part of the Greek "minority zone" recognized by the Albanian government, in which majorities of Greeks in Albania, ethnic Greeks live. The municipality Dropull was created in 2015 by the merger of the former municipalities Dropull i Poshtëm, Dropull i Sipërm and Pogon, Albania, Pogon. The seat of the municipality is the village Sofratikë. According to the 2011 census the total population is 3,503; according to the civil registry of that year, which counts all citizens including those who live abroad, it is 23,247. The municipality covers an area of . Name A city called Hadrianopolis (Epirus), Hadrianopolis was founded in the region by the Roman emperor Hadrian (Reign, r. 117–138). The Synecdemus of Hierocles (autho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
