Aranitas

Aranitas
Administrative Unit
Aranitas
Coordinates: 40°36′N 19°48′E / 40.600°N 19.800°E / 40.600; 19.800Coordinates: 40°36′N 19°48′E / 40.600°N 19.800°E / 40.600; 19.800
Country  Albania
County Fier
Municipality(s) Mallakastër
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Aranitas is a village and a former municipality in the Fier County, southwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Mallakastër.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 2,714.[2] The name is derived from the Arianiti family, an Albanian noble family in the late Middle Ages.

Notable people

  • Ali Shametaj, Albanian folk singer
  • Arjan Bozhaj, Albanian Police Director (the hightest rank in Albanian police)

References



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