Zagori, Albania

Zagoria
Zaguria, Zagurii
Zagoria is located in Albania
Zagoria
Zagoria
Coordinates: 40°13′N 20°13′E / 40.217°N 20.217°E / 40.217; 20.217
Country Albania
CountyGjirokastër
MunicipalityLibohovë
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
411
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area Code0883

Zagoria (Aromanian: Zaguria or Zagurii) is a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. During the 2015 local government reform, Zagoria became a subdivision of the municipality Libohovë.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 411.[2] Since 2018, the region has been at the centre of the expanded Zagoria Nature Park.[3][4] Zagoria is also considered to be a distinct "ethnographic region" (Albanian: krahina etnografike),[5] traditionally consisting of ten settlements: Sheper, Nivan, Ndëran, Topovë, Konckë, Hoshteve, Lliar, Vithuq, Doshnicë and Zhej.[6]

  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Population and housing census - Gjirokastër 2011" (PDF). INSTAT. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ "Parku natyror i Zagorisë, me një plan menaxhimi të avancuar | Agjencia Telegrafike Shqiptare". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  4. ^ "PËR ZGJERIMIN DHE KTHIMIN E PARKUT RAJONAL "ZAGORI" NË PARK NATYROR" (PDF) (in Albanian). Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  5. ^ Gilles de Rapper (2005). "Better than Muslims, not as good as Greeks. Emigration as experienced and imagined by the Albanian Christians of Lunxhëri". In: Russell King, Nicola Mai, Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers (eds.). The New Albanian Migration, Sussex Academic Press, pp. 173-194: "Lunxhëri is thus an 'ethnographic region' (krahinë etnografike) surrounded by others, namely Zagori, Pogon, Dropull and Kurvelesh."
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