Ana Malit ("side of the mountain" in

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) is a region in the south

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and northwestern

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. Ana Malit consist some villages, such as Vladimir, Kravari, Krytha, Kllezna, Milla, Lulaj, Shasi, Amulli, Gjonza, Dragina, Brajsha, Sukubina, Selita, Shtodra and Rashtisha. Šas hosts ancient church ruins and its old castle. The town of Krytha is next to Mount Suka. Sukubina is closer to the Albanian border than the other villages.

Geography

The Ana Malit region is located between

Lake Skadar Lake Skadar ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Скадарско језеро, Skadarsko jezero, ; sq, Liqeni i Shkodrës, ) also called Lake Scutari, Lake Shkodër and Lake Shkodra lies on the border of Albania and Montenegro, and is the largest lake in Southern ...

and

Lake Šas Lake Šas ( sr, Шаско jезеро, Šasko jezero; sq, Liqeni i Shasit) is a lake located north-east of Ulcinj, near the village of Šas, in Montenegro. It is bordered geographically by Briska Gora (Mali i Brisë) to the southwest, Fraskanje ...

. It is divided by the

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border (

Ana e Malit Ana e Malit is a former municipality in the Shkodër County, in northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Shkodër. The population at the 2011 census was 3,858. Settlements There are 1 ...

is in Albania) and the

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. In the north is Mount Lipoja and from the other side are the villages and region of Kraja with Ostros as center, which is also Albanian. In the south Anamalit's border goes across the Medjurecje River through Krytha, Kllezna, and up to Lake Shasi which belongs to Anamali, to the village of Saint George and the Albanian border. In the east is the Albanian/Montenegrin border and a large part of Anamalit continues up to the city of Scodra (Scutari). It's villages include: *Vladimir *Kravari *Krytha *Kllezna *Milla *Lulaj *Shasi *Amulli *Gjonza *Dragina *Brajsha *Sukubina *Selita *Shtodra *Rashtisha.

Demographics

The population of Ana Malit is predominantly Albanian. Many of Ana Malit's natives started migrating to the nearest major city,

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. Since the 1960s many of the people of Ana Malit started emigrating to the

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is near 11,000. An estimated 36,000 people migrated to other countries from 1900 to 2000. Most migrated during the

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and

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s in 1904 and 1908–1912, as well as during the First and Second World Wars. The Tahirovići (Tahiri) family in Mrkojevići descends from Millë/Mide, while descendants of the Pali brotherhood from Koja/Koći can be also be found.

References

* Hecquard, Hyacinthe (1858)
''Histoire et description de la haute Albame ou Guégarie''
A. Bertrand. pp. 25-26. {{DEFAULTSORT:Malit, Ana Ulcinj Municipality Albanian ethnographic regions