Krahës is a village in
Gjirokastër County
Gjirokastër County ( sq, Qarku i Gjirokastrës) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The total population in 2021 was 58,031, in an area of 2884 km². Its capital is the city Gjirokastër.
Administrative divisions
Until 2000, Gjirokastër ...
, southern
Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic
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. 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
Memaliaj is a town and a municipality in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania
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.
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).
References
Former municipalities in Gjirokastër County
Administrative units of Memaliaj
Villages in Gjirokastër County
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