Margegaj is a village and a former municipality in the

Kukës County Kukës County (; ) is a landlocked county in northeastern Albania, with the capital in Kukës. The county spans and had a total population of 61,998 people as of 2021. The county borders on the counties of Dibër County, Dibër, Lezhë County, Le ...

, northern

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

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

Tropojë Tropojë (; sq-definite, Tropoja) is a municipality in Kukës County, northeastern Albania, within the historical ethnographic region of the Gjakova Highlands. The municipality consists of the administrative units of Bajram Curri, Bujan, By ...

. The population at the 2023 census was 1,907. The valley of the Valbonë River and the village of

Valbonë Valbonë ( sq-definite, Valbona) is a village in the Kukës County, northern Albania. It is part of the former municipality Margegaj and situated in the valley of the river Valbonë (river), Valbonë, south of the mountain, Maja e Thatë. Followin ...

are located in the municipality. The following settlements belong to the municipality: * Bradoshnicë * Çerem * Dedaj * Dragobi * Fushë Lumi * Koçanaj * Margegaj * Lagja Paqës * Rragam * Shoshan *

Margegaj may be etymologically related to the word

Gheg Gheg or Geg (Gheg Albanian: ''gegnisht'', Standard ) is one of the two major varieties of Albanian, the other being Tosk. The geographic dividing line between the two varieties is the Shkumbin River, which winds its way through central Alba ...

, which would make sense since it is located in a Gheg region of Albania.

Notable people

* Shpend Dragobia (1853–1918), warrior during the pre-

Albanian declaration of independence The Albanian Declaration of Independence (Albanian language, Albanian: ''Deklarata e Pavarësisë'') was the declaration of independence of Albania from the Ottoman Empire. Independent Albania was proclaimed in Vlorë on 28 November 1912. Six da ...

period * Haxhi Zeka (1832–1902), Albanian nationalist leader and a member of the

League of Prizren The League of Prizren (), officially the League for the Defense of the Rights of the Albanian Nation (), was an Albanian political organization that was officially founded on June 10, 1878 in the old town of Prizren in the Kosovo Vilayet of th ...

* Fatime Sokoli (1948–1987), folk music singer

References

Former municipalities in Kukës County Administrative units of Tropojë Villages in Kukës County {{Kukës-geo-stub