Kolonjë is a small village in

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 ...

, southern Albania, located northwest of the city

Gjirokastër Gjirokastër (, sq-definite, Gjirokastra) is a List of cities and towns in Albania, city in Southern Albania, southern Albania and the seat of Gjirokastër County and Gjirokastër Municipality. It is located in a valley between the Gjerë moun ...

which is about 30 minutes away. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality

. The village is inhabited by

Bektashi Bektashism (, ) is a tariqa, Sufi order of Islam that evolved in 13th-century western Anatolia and became widespread in the Ottoman Empire. It is named after the wali, ''walī'' "saint" Haji Bektash Veli, with adherents called Bektashis. The ...

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. "KOLONJA ΚΟΛΟΝΙΑ 737 ΑΜ" The village has a festival every year on 10 May called ''Dhjet Maj'' (), when everyone who has left the village returns to celebrate with the villagers. It is also attended by people from other villages.

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