Ziçisht
Ziçisht is a settlement in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania. It is part of the former municipality Miras. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Devoll.
It has a population of about 300. Many of its people emigrated to Greece or the United States because of the harsh living conditions.
Fisnik Ziçishti, born in Tirana on 21.04.1981 in a patriotic Albanian family. He is the grandson of Lieutenant General Mihallaq Ziçishti and the son of Prof.Dr. Ylli Ziçishti. He is a senior officer in the State Police, an expert in the relief of road accidents and a lecturer at the Safety Academy.
- Bishop Eulogios (Kourilas) of Korçë (1880–1961) Orthodox bishop.
- Constantin Anastas Chekrezi, nationalist figure, historian, and publisher
- Petraq Zoto, writer
- Mihallaq Ziçishti, former Vice Minister of the Interior until 1982, known for the grotesque defense of himself in the Communist trial, that saved him the life.
References
- ^ "Location of Ziçisht". Retrieved 2010-06-20.
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6372–6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Pellumb Kulla article Archived February 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
External links
Media related to Ziçisht at Wikimedia Commons
