Burgajet is a village in the former Municipality of Lis, central

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality

Mat A mat is a hard or soft floor covering that generally is placed on a floor or other flat surface. Mats serve a range of purposes including: * serving to clean items passed over it, such as a doormat, which removes dirt from the soles of shoe ...

. Burgajet is notable for the Albanian royal family, which traces its origin to

King Zog King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a constitutional monarch if his power is restrained by fi ...

, born in

Burgajet Castle Buragajet Castle, or Castle Burgajet, ( or ''Kështjella e Burgajetit'', also known as the ''Kështjella e Zogollëve'' or ''Kështjella e Zogut'') was a large fortified house, located in Burgajet in northern Mat (municipality), Mat, Albania. H ...

Notable people

King Zog of Albania Zog I (born Ahmed Muhtar Zogolli; 8 October 18959 April 1961) was the leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939. At age 27, he first served as Albania's youngest ever Prime Minister (1922–1924), then as president (1925–1928), and finally as King ...

was born in Burgajet. *

Xhelal Bey Zogu Prince Xhelal Zogu (born Xhelal bey Zogolli; 14 May 1881 – 26 February 1944) was scion of the House of Zogu, half-brother of Zog of Albania. Biography He was born in Castle Burgajet to Xhemal Pasha Zogu ( 1860–1911) and Zenja Malika Hanem ...

References

Populated places in Mat (municipality) Villages in Dibër County {{Dibër-geo-stub