Podë is a village in

Korçë County Korçë County (), officially the County of Korçë (), is a Counties of Albania, county in the Southern Albania, Southern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the largest by area and the List of counties of Albania by population, fifth most p ...

, southeastern

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

. It is located between

Ersekë Ersekë ( sq-definite, Erseka), is a town and a former municipality in southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision and the seat of the municipality Kolonjë. Founded in the 17th century, Erseka was the seat o ...

and

Leskovik Leskovik () is a town in Korçë County, in southeastern Albania. Historically, until 2015, it was a municipality, after which it became a municipal unit of Kolonjë. Leskovik is located from Melesin mountain. The town is located close to the Gre ...

. Today, it is a depopulated village with only 11 houses. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality

Kolonjë Kolonjë is a municipality in Korçë County, southeastern Albania. It was created in 2015 by the merger of the former municipalities Barmash, Çlirim, Ersekë, Leskovik, Mollas, Novoselë, Qendër Ersekë and Qendër Leskovik. The seat of ...

Notable people

Zylyftar Poda Zylyftar Poda (born Iljaz Poda, 1768-1835) was an Albanian leader, who led several revolts against the Ottoman Empire. Life Zylyftar Poda was born in 1768 in Podë, a village in the region of Kolonjë, south Albania (then Ottoman Empire). He be ...

, leader of the Albanian revolt of 1832–1833 against

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References

Populated places in Kolonjë, Korçë Villages in Korçë County {{Korçë-geo-stub