Margegaj
Margegaj is a village and a former municipality in the Kukës County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tropojë. The population at the 2011 census was 2,346. The Valbonë River valley and the village Valbonë are located in the municipality.
The municipality included the settlements of Margegaj, Dragobia, Valbona, Rragami, Çeremi, Bradoshnice, Dedaj, Koçanaj, Shoshani, Paqeja, Fushë-Lumi. Margegaj etymologically may have links to the word Gheg which would make sense as it is within a Gheg region of Albania.
People
- Shpend Dragobia
- Haxhi Zeka, Albanian nationalist, born in Shoshani
- Fatime Sokoli
References
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ 2011 census results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine