Janjar ( sq-definite, Janjari) is a village in the commune of
Markat
Markat is a village and a former municipality in Vlorë County, southern Albania. In the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the municipality Konispol. The population in the 2011 census was 1,859.[Konispol
Konispol ( sq-definite, Konispoli) is the southernmost town in Albania. It sits one kilometer away from the Border crossings of Albania, Albanian-Greek border. The settlement is inhabited by Muslim Cham Albanians. Konispol is the modern centre of t ...]
,
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 ...
. The village is inhabited by
Albanians. As of 1995, it had 595 inhabitants.
[Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995).]
Η ελληνική κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το πρίσμα της ιστορικής γεωγραφίας και δημογραφίας (The Greek Community of Albania in terms of historical geography and demography)." In Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). ''Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας he Greeks of Albania'. University of Athens. Ethnographically
Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write") is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject o ...
, this settlement belongs to the region of
Çamëria
Chameria ( sq, Çamëria; el, Τσαμουριά, ''Tsamouriá''; tr, Çamlık) is a term used today mostly by Albanians to refer to parts of the coastal region of Epirus in southern Albania and Greece, traditionally associated with the Alban ...
.
Geography
From the North-West the village borders with
Ninat, from the South with Koska, and Plesavitsa; from the West with
Vërva and
Dishati, and from the East with
Pallamba. Janjar is composed of the following neighbourhoods: Bratat, Brahimat, Fshat i Math and Klisha.
[Fatos Mero Rrapaj (1995). ''Fjalori Onomastik i Epirit''. Eurorilindja. f. 55.]
References
External links
Sarandë/ Janjari, fshati në kufi me Greqinë, Banorët: Jemi të izoluar, s’kemi rrugë dhe as ujë
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Administrative units of Konispol
Former municipalities in Vlorë County
Villages in Vlorë County