Shulin, Albania

Shulin
Шулин, Diellas
Shulin is located in Albania
Shulin
Shulin
Coordinates: 40°48′8″N 20°54′38″E / 40.80222°N 20.91056°E / 40.80222; 20.91056
Country Albania
CountyKorçë
MunicipalityPustec
Municipal unitPustec
Population
 (2000)
 • Total502
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Shulin (Albanian: Shulin; Macedonian/Bulgarian: Шулин), formerly known officially as Diellas, is a village southeast of Lake Prespa in the Pustec Municipality which is officially recognised as a Macedonian minority zone[1] located in the Korçë County, Albania.[2] The village is composed of ethnic Macedonians,[3] which form part of the larger Macedonian minority in Albania.[4]

  1. ^ "Macedonians". minorityrights.org. 19 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6372–6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ Xhaxho, Manjola (2007). Minority Rights and the Republic of Albania: Missing the Implementation (Thesis). Faculty of Law, Lund University.
  4. ^ "Census 2011 Data: Resident population by ethnic and cultural affiliation". The Institute of Statistics of Republic of Albania. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2014.