Picar
Picar is a village and a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Gjirokastër. The population at the 2011 census was 937. The municipal unit consists of the villages Picar, Shtëpëz, Kolonjë, Golem and Kaparjel which are all inhabited by Bektashi Albanians.
Notable people
- Çelo Picari, one of the leaders of the Albanian Revolt of 1847.
References
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ 2011 census results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Greece – Albania Neighbourhood Programme Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "Η ελληνική κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το πρίσμα της ιστορικής γεωγραφίας και δημογραφίας [The Greek Community of Albania in terms of historical geography and demography." In Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]. University of Athens. p. 51. "AM Αλβανοί Μουσουλμάνοι" p.56. "PICARI ΠΙΤΣΑΡΙ 1144 ΑΜ; SHTEPEZ ΣΤΕΠΕΖΙ 361 ΑΜ; KOLONJA ΚΟΛΟΝΙΑ 737 ΑΜ; KAPARJEL ΚΑΠΑΡΙΕΛΙ 133 ΑΜ; GOLEM ΓΚΟΛΕΜΙ 926 ΑΜ"
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 | ||
Subdivisions of Gjirokastër County | ||
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County seat: Gjirokastër | ||
| Municipality of Dropull |  | |
| Municipality of Gjirokastër | ||
| Municipality of Këlcyrë | ||
| Municipality of Libohovë | ||
| Municipality of Memaliaj | ||
| Municipality of Përmet | ||
| Municipality of Tepelenë | ||
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