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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 three districts: Gjirokastër, Përmet, and Tepelenë. Since the 2015 local government reform, the county consists of the following 7 municipalities: Dropull, Gjirokastër, Këlcyrë, Libohovë, Memaliaj, Përmet and Tepelenë. Before 2015, it consisted of the following 32 municipalities: * Antigonë * Ballaban * Buz * Çarshovë * Cepo * Dishnicë * Dropull i Poshtëm * Dropull i Sipërm * Frashër * Fshat Memaliaj * Gjirokastër * Këlcyrë * Kordhocë * Krahës * Kurvelesh * Lazarat * Libohovë * Lopës * Luftinjë * Lunxhëri * Memaliaj * Odrie * Përmet * Petran * Picar * Pogon * Qendër Libohovë * Qendër Piskovë * Qendër Tepelenë * Qesarat * Sukë * Tepelenë * Zagori The municipalities consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Përmet
Përmet () is a List of cities and towns in Albania, town and Municipalities of Albania, municipality in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. The municipality of Përmet consists of the administrative units of Çarçovë, Frashër, Petran, Qendër Piskovë and Përmet. The total population is 7,980 as of 2023, in a total area of 602.47 km2. The population of the municipal unit at the 2023 census was 4,809. It is flanked by the Vjosë river, which runs along the Trebeshinë-Dhëmbel-Nemërçkë mountain chain, between Trebeshinë and Dhëmbel mountains, and through the Këlcyrë Gorge. Name The town itself is known in Albanian as ''Përmet''. The town is known in Italian as Permet, Aromanian language, Aromanian as , in Greek as ''Πρεμετή/Premeti'' and in Turkish as ''Permedi''. History 14th century In 14th century Përmet came under Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule and became first a kaza of the sanjak of Gjirokastër and later of the Sanjak of Ioannina.History o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luftinjë
Luftinjë is a village and a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Memaliaj Memaliaj is a town and a municipality in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Buz, Krahës, Luftinjë, Memaliaj, Memaliaj Fshat and Qesarat, that .... The population at the 2011 census was 1,734.2011 census results The municipal unit consists of the villages Izvor, Luftinjë, Luftinjë e Sipërme, Rrapaj, Rabie, Gllavë e Vogël, Maricaj, Arrëz e Madhe, Vagalat, Tosk Martalloz, Dervishaj, Zhapokikë, Zhapokikë e Sipërme, Ballaj and Luadhaj. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lopës
Lopës is a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tepelenë. The population at the 2011 census was 723.2011 census results The municipal unit consists of the villages Sinanaj, Matohasanaj, Dorëz, Dhëmblan and Lab Martalloz. Etymology The etymology of Lopës is in |
Lazarat
Lazarat ( sq-definite, Lazarati) is a village in Gjirokastër County, in southern Albania. It is located in the Dropull valley. Formerly functioning as a municipality, as part of the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the municipality of Gjirokastër. The former municipality consisted of the villages Lazarat and Kordhocë. The population at the 2011 census was 2,801.2011 census results In recent years, Lazarat had gained the reputation as the cannabis capital of the country due to its large scale growth of cannabis by the local population. However, in June 2014, the Albanian government cracked down and destroyed the local production and transit of the drug. Name Its name contains the Albanian suffix -at, widely used to form toponyms from personal names and surnames.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurvelesh Municipality
Kurvelesh may refer to: *Kurvelesh (region) Kurvelesh is a region in southern Albania, within the Southern Mountain Range. In the region, which is divided into the communes of Brataj, Horë-Vranisht, Kurvelesh and Picar, fifteen villages are located. It is considered to be the hear ..., a region in southern Albania * Kurvelesh, Tepelenë, an administrative unit in the municipality of Tepelenë, Albania {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krahës
Krahës is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. It formerly functioned as a municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ..., but at the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the municipality Memaliaj. Its population at the 2011 census was 2,554.2011 census results Etymology The etymology of Krahes is in Albanian, as it derives from the word Krah (Albanian for arm). Re ...
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Kordhocë
Kordhocë is a village in the Gjirokastër County in Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Gjirokastër. It is known for the Kordhocë bridge. Geography Kordhocë is a village just outside Gjirokastër, situated on mountain slope of Mali i Gjerë. Population Kordhocë is inhabited by Muslim Albanians.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. 51. "AM Αλβανοί Μουσουλμάνοι" p.56. "KORDHOCE ΚΟΡΔΟΣΙ ΑΜ". The villagers speak in the Tosk Albanian, Tosk dialect of the Albanian language. Economy The main activit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fshat Memaliaj
Memaliaj Fshat is a village and a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Memaliaj Memaliaj is a town and a municipality in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Buz, Krahës, Luftinjë, Memaliaj, Memaliaj Fshat and Qesarat, that .... The population at the 2011 census was 1,606.2011 census results The municipal unit consists of the villages Memaliaj Fshat, Vasjar, Cerrilë, Mirinë, Damës, Kallëmb, Kashisht and Bylysh. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frashër
Frashër (; sq-definite, Frashëri) is a village and a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Përmet. The population at the 2011 census was 387. The municipal unit consists of the villages Frashër, Zavalan, Ogren-Kostrec, Gostivisht, Miçan, Vërçisht, Kreshovë and Soropull. Frashër is widely regarded as the 'Mecca' of Albania and is known for the disproportionate number of prominent intellectuals it has produced - especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Name The name of the settlement means 'ash tree' in Albanian. The word '' frashër'' (Gheg Albanian: ''frashën'') was borrowed from Vulgar Latin (cf. Latin ''fraxinus''). The settlement was founded after the Roman period of the Albanian language. It is said that the Frashër area was covered with ash forests, which disappeared over time. The Aromanian name of the settlement is . History The first documente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dropull I Sipërm
Dropull i Sipërm (, ''Ano Dropoli'') is a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Dropull. The population at the 2011 census was 971. The municipal unit is inhabited by ethnic Greeks. Settlements *Bodrishtë * Bularat * Dritë * Jorgucat * Kërrë * Klishar * Kakavijë * Koshovicë * Krioner * Likomil * Llongo * Llovinë *Pepel * Selo * * * Vrisera * Zervat See also * Dropull * Dropull i Poshtëm * Greeks in Albania The Greeks in Albania are ethnic Greeks who live in or originate from areas within modern Albania. They form the largest minority group in the country. They are mostly concentrated in the south of the country, in the areas of the northern part ... References Former municipalities in Gjirokastër County Epirus Administrative units of Dropull {{Gjirokastër-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
