Shëngjergj (Albanian for Saint George) 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 Tirana County, central

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 ...

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

Tirana Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea ...

. The population at the 2011 census was 2,186.2011 census results

Demographic history

Shëngjergj appears in the Ottoman '' defter'' of 1467 as a settlement in the

timar A timar was a land grant by the sultans of the Ottoman Empire between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, with an annual tax revenue of less than 20,000 akçes. The revenues produced from the land acted as compensation for military service. ...

of the Muslim convert Yusuf, belonging to the wider region of Tamadhea in the

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of Çermeniça. The village had a total of 12 households which were represented by the following household heads: ''Ishri Somruni'', ''Mihal Uraji'' (possibly, ''Vraji''), ''Petër Mirali'', ''Nikolla Goranzi'', ''Petër Pirati'', ''Nikolla Korriku'', ''Mekshe Lleshi'' (possibly, ''Leshi''), ''Andrije Uraji'', ''Shar Bogdani'', ''Gjon Bureshi'', ''Ilia Qinami'', and ''Petër Gurabardi''.

References

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