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Lukovë is a village and 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
Vlorë County
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, southern
Albania
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. At the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the municipality
Himarë
Himarë ( sq-definite, Himara; , ''Chimara'' or Χειμάρρα, ''Cheimarra'') is a Municipalities of Albania, municipality and region in Vlorë County, southern Albania. The municipality has a total area of and consists of the administrative ...
. The population at the 2011 census was 2,916.
[2011 census results]
Name
The Albanian toponym Lukovë stems from
Slavic, either from the words ''Luk'', ''Laka'', ''Luka'' meaning water flowing nearby, meadowland, river meadow,
wet meadow
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along a river or from ''luk'', ''luka'', place of onions; alongside the suffix ''ov/a''.
[Ylli, Xhelal (2000). ]
Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen. 2 [Slavic settlement in Albania
'. Verlag Otto Sagner. p. 139. "LUKÓV/È, -A ( 1431 Lokove, Sopot; BZHS III :1759,1856 Aouxoßov, Delvinë); + LUKOVE (1431, Korçë) A. SE 228 Луково; JO 624.B. SE erklärt den DN als Benennung eines Dorfes nach dem in der Nähe fließenden Gewässer: adj. Bildung zu aksl. лжка ,Biegung; Sumpf, bulg. лъка ,Wiesenland; Flußwiese‘, так. mundartl. лака ,feuchte Wiese längs eines Flusses4, serb. лука ,Meerbusen; Wiese; Tal4, БЕРЗ 551,+ -ов-а. Die älteren Formen haben in der ersten Silbe о / и. Es ist schwer zu entscheiden, welche Form zutriflft. Ein Reflex aksl. ж > и kommt nicht im Bulg. vor, aber ihn findet man im Mak. mundartl. und im Serb. Andererseits findet auch eine Entwicklung о > и innerhalb der historischen Phonologie des Albanischen keine Stütze. Mit einem Einfluß des Serbischen, besonders fur Korça, ist ebenfalls nicht zu rechnen. Man könnte den ON aus zwei verschiedenen Wurzeln herieiten: im Falle von SR aus serb. лука ,Au, Meerbusen, Wiese, Tal4, wobei mit dem Einfluß der serb. Königreiche zu rechnen ist, und im Falle von Korça, ein bekanntes Gebiet für die Herstellung von Zwiebeln, aus der Wurzel bulg, лука ,Zwiebel‘." It is known in Greek language">Greek
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as "Λούκοβο".
History
During the Ottoman period, Lukovë, together with nearby
Piqeras and Nivicë, was a part of the Himara area and enjoyed special semi-autonomous status inside this community. In 1570 and 1571, a short-lived rebellion broke out under
Emmanuel Mormoris in the Himara region. After a prolonged siege, the rebels managed to capture the castle of Nivicë.
The Italian missionary
Giuseppe Schirò wrote in 1722 that Lukovë was inhabited by ethnic Albanians.
In 1798, Lukovë, together with adjacent villages in the region south of Himara, were attacked and plundered by the local Ottoman lord
Ali Pasha of Ioannina
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. In the villages of Nivice and Shën Vasil, massacres of Orthodox inhabitants were committed around Easter of 1798. As such, cases of largescale
Islamization
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among the local population were followed in the region.
During the end of the 19th century,
Greek
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elementary schools were already operating in the villages of Lukovë, Nivicë, Çorraj and Shën Vasil.
Demographics
According to 1991 estimates, Lukovë, the municipal seat is inhabited by a majority
Orthodox Albanian population (2076 or 82%), alongside minorities of
Muslim Albanians (250 or 12%) and
Greeks
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(150 or 6%).
[ Borsh, Fterrë and Sasaj are exclusively populated by Muslim Albanians.][ Piqeras is inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian majority (991) with a minority of 100 Muslim Albanians and 50 Greeks.][ Çorraj is a mixed village inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population and Albanian Muslims.][ Shën Vasil (Shënvasil) is inhabited by a majority Orthodox Albanian population (1434) and with a minority of Muslim Albanians (220) and Greeks (210).][ Nivicë is inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian majority (899) and a minority of Greeks (30).][ Qazim Pali is a new village established during the communist period and is populated by Muslim Albanians (861) alongside minorities of Orthodox Albanians (50) and Greeks (80).][ In a demographic investigation by Leonidas Kallivretakis in the late 20th century, the population of Lukovë commune and all its villages, 54% were Albanian Christians, 40% were Albanian Muslims and 6% were Greek Christians.][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 [The Greeks of Albania]''. University of Athens. p. 51. "Ε Έλληνες, ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί, AM Αλβανοί Μουσουλμάνοι, ΤΣ Τσάμηδες, Β Βλάχοι, Μ Μικτός πληθυσμός”; p.53. "LUKOVE ΛΟYKΟBΟ 2076 ΑΧ + αμ (250) + ε (120); NIVICE ΝΙΒΓΓΣΑ 899 ΑΧ + ε (30); SHENVASIL Αϊ ΒΑΣΙΛΗ 1434 ΑΧ + αμ (220) + ε (210); PIQERAS ΠΙΚΙΕΡΑΣ (ΠΙΚΕΡΝΗ) 991 ΑΧ + αμ (100) + ε (50); SASAJ ΣΑΣΑΪ 297 AM; BORSH ΜΠΟΡΣΙ 1243 AM; FTERE ΦΤΕΡΑ 378 AM; ÇORAJ ΤΣΟΡΑΪ 282 ΑΧ (150) + AM (132); QAZIM PALI ΚΙΑΣΙΜ ΠΑΛΙ (νέο) 861 AM + ε (80) + αχ (50)"
According to a 2016 estimate the municipality is by majority Albanian speaking with a minority of Greek speakers.
The Albanians of the Lukovë region speak in the Tosk
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dialect of the Albanian language
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; more specifically in the Lab regional dialect.
Seaside settlements of the Lukovë area were among Greek minority areas that underwent a substantial decrease in population after the fall of communism in Albania in the early 1990s.
Climate
Lukovë has a hot-summer mediterranean climate
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''Csa''). Precipitation mainly falls within the winter months. Lukovë has mild winters and hot, dry summers. The average annual temperature is 15.1 °C or 59.2 °F. Precipitation amounts to 737 mm or 29.0 inches annually.
Notable people
* Nafiz Bezhani, Albanian jurist, politician and writer.
* Dimitrios Doulis (1865–1928), Greek politician, minister of military affairs of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus, from Nivice.
* Muzafer Korkuti, Albanian archaeologist and Vice President of the Academy of Sciences of Albania
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* Vasil Laçi (1922–1941), Albanian patriot who attempted to kill in 1941 Victor Emmanuel III
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, then King of Italy
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and Shefqet Bej Vërlaci, then Prime Minister of Albania
*Jakup Mato
Jakup Halil Mato (16 September 1934 in Fterra, Albania – 30 August 2005 in Tirana, Albania) was an Albanians, Albanian publicist, educational administrator and lector of Tirana University.
He started publishing his articles and research stud ...
, Albanian publicist and educational administrator, head of Centre of Art Studies of the Academy of Sciences of Albania.
* Niphon of Kafsokalyvia (1316–1411), Greek monk and saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church
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See also
* List of cities and towns in Albania
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References
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External links
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Former municipalities in Vlorë County
Greek communities in Albania
Administrative units of Himara
Villages in Vlorë County
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