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 Albanian-Greek border. The settlement is inhabited by Muslim Cham Albanians. Konispol is the modern centre of the Cham Albanian community ...]
,
Albania
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. The village is inhabited by
Albanians
The Albanians are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, Albanian culture, culture, Albanian history, history and Albanian language, language. They are the main ethnic group of Albania and Kosovo, ...
. 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
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, this settlement belongs to the region of
Çamëria
Chameria (; , ''Tsamouriá'') 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 Albanian ethnic subgroup of the Chams.Elsie, Robert and Be ...
.
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 Madh and Klisha.
[Fatos Mero Rrapaj (1995). ''Fjalori Onomastik i Epirit''. Eurorilindja. f. 55.]
Notable people
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Aziz Çami
Aziz Çami (1893 – 15 December 1943) was an Albanian army officer and Balli Kombëtar commander. In 1920 he was a commander in the Vlora War. In the mid-1920s, he was exiled after the restoration of the monarchy as he was a supporter of Fan Nol ...
, officer of the
Albanian army
The Albanian Land Force () is the land force branch of the Albanian Armed Forces.
Mission
The Albanian Land Force's main mission is the defense of the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Albania, participation ...
and
Balli Kombëtar
The Balli Kombëtar (literally ''National Front'') was an Albanian nationalist, Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, collaborationist, and anti-communist resistance movement during the Second World War. It was led by Ali Këlcyra a ...
commander.
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