Frashtan (

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: Φράστανη) is a settlement in the former

Dropull i Poshtëm Dropull i Poshtëm ( el, Κάτω Δρόπολη, ''Kato Dropoli'') is a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Dropull. The population at th ...

municipality,

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

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

. It is within the larger

region. The settlement lies at the foot of

Mali i Gjerë Mali i Gjerë is a mountain in southern Albania. The highest peaks from north to south are ''Mali i Pusit'' (), ''Mali i Frashërit'' () and ''Mali i Nikollaqit'' (). On the eastern slope of the mountain is Gjirokastra while on the other side i ...

( el, Πλατυβουνίου, translit=Platyvouniou) and is bordered to the south by

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and to the north by Goricë. East of the village is

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 ...

Demographics

In the Ottoman register of 1520 for the

Sanjak of Avlona The Sanjak of Avlona ( tr, Avlonya Sancağı, al, Sanxhaku i Vlorës; sometimes referred to as the Sanjak of Berat because of its county town) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire which county town was Berat in Albania. It was establis ...

, the village was attested as a

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under the authority of Ali, the son of Mehmed. The village had a total of 95 households and the anthroponymy attested almost entirely belonged to the Albanian onomastic sphere, characterised by personal names such as ''Bardh'', ''Deda'', ''Gjin'', ''Gjon'', ''Kola'', ''Leka'' and others. The village also had one Muslim household, that of ''Haxhi Ibrahi,'' whose land was in the possession of a certain ''Çoban Ali''. Today it is mostly populated by a

population.

The village today

Many of the inhabitants of the settlement migrated to nearby

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following the downfall of

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's regime.

Gallery

File:Frashtan Road Sign.jpg, Frashtan Road Sign

References

Populated places in Dropull Greek communities in Albania Villages in Gjirokastër County {{Gjirokastër-geo-stub