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Gjirokastër County (Albanian: 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.[2] Its capital is the city Gjirokastër.
Gjirokastër County
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| Coordinates: 40°10′N 20°10′E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| Seat | Gjirokastër |
| Subdivisions | 7 municipalities, 268 towns and villages |
| Government | |
| • Council chairman | Armand Hilaj |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,884 km2 (1,114 sq mi) |
| Population (2021[1]) | |
| • Total | 58,031 |
| • Density | 20/km2 (52/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| NUTS Code | AL033 |
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.[3] 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 consist of about 270 towns and villages in total. See Villages of Gjirokastër County for a structured list.
Demographics
Its population includes a substantial Greek minority which in several places becomes a majority.[4][5][6] According to the last national census from 2011 this county has 72,176 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the county include Albanians, Greeks, Aromanians, Romani, & Balkan Egyptians.[7]
According to the results of the 2011 census, 38.54% of the total population (27,815 people) declared themselves Muslim. There are also some Bektashi Muslims with 8.48% (6,118 people), 7.15% percent consisting of believers without a denomination (22,186 people) and Christians forming 19.65% of the county's population (Orthodox (17.43%) (15,295 people), Evangelists (0.08% (59 people) (and Roman Catholics) (2.07%) (1,493 people), while 10,094 (15,16%) did not answer at all.
Demographics history of Permet district
- 1904: According to German state archives, in 1904, the district of Premeti had 8,000 inhabitants, all Albanians, divided by 5,000 Muslims and 3,000 Christians.[8]
- 1913: According to Mary Edith Durham, writing on 3 September 1913, the district of "Premeti" was "purely Albanian".[9]
- 1918–19: According to Greece Before the Conference (1919), the kaza (Ottoman district) of Premeti had 15,138 Muslims, 10,823 Greeks, 888 Others; a total of 26,849.[10]
- 1921: A 1921[verification needed] document has the population divided by 12,780 Orthodox and 12,173 Muslims, a total of 25,043.[11] Greek was spoken as a first language in few parts of the district.[11] The northern part of the kaza was inhabited by Muslims.[12]
Notable people
- Ali Pasha of Tepelenë
- Enver Hoxha
- Ismail Kadare
- Stath Melani
- Evangelos Zappas
References
- "Population on 1st January by prefecture and sex" (PDF). INSTAT. 7 May 2021. p. 6.
- Popullsia e Shqipërisë (Report). Institute of Statistics (Albania). 1 January 2021. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- http://mondediplo.com/maps/albanianmdv1999 The Albanians, a scattered people by Philippe Rekacewicz, Le Monde diplomatique, January 1999
- "Country Studies US: Greeks and Other Minorities". Retrieved September 6, 2006.
- "Second Report Submitted by Albania Pursuant to Article 25, Paragraph 1 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2009.
- "2011 census results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- Das Staatsarchiv. Vol. 68–70. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H. 1904. p. 32.
- M. Edith Durham; Harry Hodgkinson; Bejtullah Destani (22 July 2005). Albania and the Albanians: Selected Articles and Letters, 1903-1944. I.B.Tauris. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-1-85043-939-4.
- Greece Before the Conference. Methuen & Company. 1919. p. 80.
- Basil Kondis (1994). The Greek Minority in Albania: A Documentary Record (1921-1993). Institute For Balkan Studies. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-960-7387-02-8.
- Kondis 1994, p. 42
Further reading
- 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 Veremis, Thanos (ed.). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]. University of Athens. pp. 25–58. ISBN 9600800545.
External links
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Subdivisions of Gjirokastër County | ||
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County Seat: Gjirokastër | ||
| Municipality of Dropull |
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| Municipality of Gjirokastër |
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| Municipality of Këlcyrë |
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| Municipality of Libohovë |
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| Municipality of Memaliaj |
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| Municipality of Përmet |
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| Municipality of Tepelenë |
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