Dropull i Poshtëm ( el, Κάτω Δρόπολη, ''Kato Dropoli'') is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

in the

Gjirokastër County Gjirokastër County ( sq, Qarku i Gjirokastrës) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The total population in 2021 was 58,031, in an area of 2884 km². Its capital is the city Gjirokastër. Administrative divisions Until 2000, Gjirokastër ...

, southern

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the ...

. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality

Dropull Dropull ( sq-definite, Dropulli; el, Δρόπολη or Δερόπολη ''Dropoli'' or ''Deropoli'') is a municipality in Gjirokastër County, in southern Albania. The region stretches from south of the city of Gjirokastër to the Greek–Alban ...

. The population at the 2011 census was 2,100. The municipal unit is inhabited by

ethnic Greeks The Greeks or Hellenes (; el, Έλληνες, ''Éllines'' ) are an ethnic group and nation indigenous to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions, namely Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and, to a lesser extent, other ...

Settlements

* Derviçan (Δερβιτσάνη) *

Dhuvjan Dhuvjan ( gr, Δούβιανη, Douviani) is a settlement in the former Dropull i Poshtëm municipality, Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dropull. It is within the larg ...

(Δούβιανη) * Frashtan (Φράστανη) *

Glinë Glinë ( sq-definite, Glina; gr, Γλύνα, translit=Glyna) is a settlement in the former Dropull i Poshtëm municipality, Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dropull. I ...

(Γλύνα) *

Goranxi Goranxi ( gr, Γοραντζή, , ''Gorantzi'' or Καλογοραντζή, ''Kalogorantzi'') is a settlement in the former Dropull i Poshtëm municipality, Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part ...

(Καλογοραντζή or Γοραντζή) * Goricë (Γορίτσα) *

Grapsh Grapsh ( sq-definite, Grapshi; el, Γράψη; romanized: ''Grápsi'') is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Dropull. It is inhabited solely by Greeks. ...

(Γράψη) * Haskovë (Χάσκοβο) *

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(Λιούγκαρη) * Peshkëpi e Sipërme (Άνω Επισκοπή) * Peshkëpi e Poshtme (Κάτω Επισκοπή) * Radë (Ραντάτι) * (Σωφράτικα) * Terihat (Τεριαχάτι or Τεριαχάτες) * Vanistër (Βάνιστα) *

Vrahogoranxi Vrahogoranxi ( Greek: Βραχογορατζή) is a settlement in the former Dropull i Poshtëm municipality, Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dropull. It is within th ...

(Βραχογοραντζή)

Notable people

Vasilios Sahinis Vasileios Sachinis ( el, Βασίλειος Σαχίνης; 1897 – 18 November 1943) was a Greek leader of the Northern Epirote Liberation Front (MAVI) (1942–1943), an organization related to the National Republican Greek League of Napoleon Z ...

(1897–1943), leader of the Northern Epirote resistance (1942–1943).

References

Administrative units of Dropull Former municipalities in Gjirokastër County Greek communities in Albania {{Gjirokastër-geo-stub

Settlements

Notable people

See also

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