Gjirokastër County

Gjirokastër County
Qarku Gjirokastër
County
Vjosë River
Coordinates: 40°10′N 20°10′E / 40.17°N 20.17°E / 40.17; 20.17
Country  Albania
Municipality(s) 7
Villages 268
Seat Gjirokastër
Government
 • Council chairman Armand Hilaj
Area
 • Total 2,884 km2 (1,114 sq mi)
Population (2016)
 • Total 70,331[1]
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
NUTS Code AL033

Gjirokastër County (Albanian: Qarku i Gjirokastrës) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population at the 2011 census was 72,176, in an area of 2884 km².[2] Its capital is the city Gjirokastër.

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:

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.[4][5] According to the last national census from 2011 this county has 72,176 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the county include Albanians, Greeks, Montenegrins, Aromanians, Romani, Balkan Egyptians[2]

Demographics history of Permet district

  • 1921: A 1921 document has the population divided by 12,780 Orthodox and 12,173 Muslims, a total of 25,043.[6] Greek was spoken as a first language in few parts of the district.[6] The northern part of the kaza was inhabited by Muslims.[7]
  • 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.[8]
  • 1913: According to Mary Edith Durham, writing on 3 September 1913, the district of "Premeti" was "purely Albanian".[9]
  • 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.[10]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ "Popullsia e Shqipërisë" (PDF). instat.gov.al (in Albanian). 19 February 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 "2011 census results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
  3. ↑ Law nr. 115/2014
  4. ↑ http://mondediplo.com/maps/albanianmdv1999 The Albanians, a scattered people by Philippe Rekacewicz, Le Monde diplomatique, January 1999
  5. ↑ "Country Studies US: Greeks and Other Minorities". Retrieved September 6, 2006.
  6. 1 2 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.
  7. ↑ Kondis 1994, p. 42
  8. ↑ Greece Before the Conference. Methuen & Company. 1919. p. 80.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ Das Staatsarchiv. 68-70. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.h. 1904. p. 32.

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. Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]. University of Athens. pp. 25–58. ISBN 9600800545.

Coordinates: 40°10′N 20°10′E / 40.167°N 20.167°E / 40.167; 20.167

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