Erind
Erind | |
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  Erind | |
| Coordinates: 40°9′25″N 20°9′49″E / 40.15694°N 20.16361°E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Gjirokastër |
| Municipality | Gjirokastër |
| Municipal unit | Lunxhëri |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Erind is a village in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. It belongs to the former Lunxhëri municipality and is part of the wider Lunxhëri region. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Gjirokastër.[1]
Erind was one of the Albanian Christian villages in the possession of the House of Moutzohoussates (Albanian: Muçohysaj), the ancestral house of Ali Pasha.[2]
Notable people
[edit]- Misto Mame, (1921-1942) is an Albanian World War II People's Hero.
- Sofia Noti,(1925–1944) was an Albanian World War II freedom fighter and a national martyr. A nurse, she was captured as a POW, and then hanged by the Nazi forces in the concentration camp Pavlou Mela, in Thessaloniki, Greece.
- Petro Poga, (1860–1944) was an Albanian politician who served as a delegate at the Albanian Declaration of Independence event in Vlorë, 1912, and an important Rilindas
References
[edit]- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Skiotis, Dennis N. (July 1971). "From Bandit to Pasha: First steps in the Rise to Power of Ali of Tepelen, 1750–17841". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 2 (3): 226. doi:10.1017/S0020743800001112. ISSN 1471-6380. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
Subdivisions of Gjirokastër municipality | ||
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Municipal seat: Gjirokastër | ||
| Administrative unit of Antigonë |
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| Administrative unit of Cepo |
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| Administrative unit of Gjirokastër | ||
| Administrative unit of Lazarat | ||
| Administrative unit of Lunxhëri | ||
| Administrative unit of Odrie |
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| Administrative unit of Picar | ||
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