Zerqan

Zerqan
Administrative Unit
Zerqan
Coordinates: 41°30′N 20°21′E / 41.500°N 20.350°E / 41.500; 20.350Coordinates: 41°30′N 20°21′E / 41.500°N 20.350°E / 41.500; 20.350
Country  Albania
County Dibër
Municipality(s) Bulqizë
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Website https://web.archive.org/web/20110430105023/http://www.komuna-zerqan.gov.al:80/

Zerqan (Albanian pronunciation: IPA: [zeɾcan]) is a village and a former municipality in the Dibër County, eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Bulqizë.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 4,111.[2]

Historical demographics

In 1900, Vasil Kanchov gathered and compiled statistics on demographics in the area, finding a mainly Albanian area in and around Zerqan: the villages of Zerqan, Smollik, Sofraçan and Sopot were all entirely Albanian inhabited, while Tërnovë was inhabited by Slavic Muslims.[3]

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