Lunxhëri (administrative unit)
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Lunxhëri | |
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Coordinates: 40°7′N 20°11′E / 40.117°N 20.183°E | |
Country | ![]() |
County | Gjirokastër |
Municipality | Gjirokastër |
Population (2011) | |
• Municipal unit | 1,941 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Lunxhëri is a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Gjirokastër.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 1,941.[2] The municipal unit consists of the villages Qestorat, Dhoksat, Këllëz, Mingul, Nokovë, Erind, Gjat, Kakoz, Karjan and Valare.[3]
The area is known for its Albanian-speaking Orthodox Christian and Aromanian population.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ 2011 census results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Malo, Foto, Emra vendesh në krahinën e Lunxhërisë (Toponyms in Lunxhëri region) (in Albanian), Tribuna, archived from the original on 2014-04-30, retrieved 2013-08-29
- ^ "Better than Muslims, not as good as Greeks. Emigration as experienced and imagined by the Albanian Christians of Lunxhëri". halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr. Retrieved 2015-05-31.