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Municipal unit in Gjirokastër, Albania
Lunxhëri
Municipal unit
Lunxhëri is located in AlbaniaLunxhëriLunxhëri
Coordinates: 40°7′N 20°11′E / 40.117°N 20.183°E / 40.117; 20.183
Country Albania
CountyGjirokastër
MunicipalityGjirokastër
Population
 • Municipal unit1,941
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Lunxhëri is a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Gjirokastër. The population at the 2011 census was 1,941. The municipal unit consists of the villages Qestorat, Dhoksat, Këllëz, Mingul, Nokovë, Erind, Gjat, Kakoz, Karjan and Valare.

The area is known for its Albanian-speaking Orthodox Christian and Aromanian population.

See also

References

  1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. 2011 census results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Malo, Foto, Emra vendesh në krahinën e Lunxhërisë (Toponyms in Lunxhëri region) (in Albanian), Tribuna, archived from the original on 2014-04-30, retrieved 2013-08-29
  4. "Better than Muslims, not as good as Greeks. Emigration as experienced and imagined by the Albanian Christians of Lunxhëri". halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
Subdivisions of Gjirokastër municipality
Municipal seat: Gjirokastër
Administrative unit of Antigonë
Administrative unit of Cepo
Administrative unit of Gjirokastër
Administrative unit of Lazarat
Administrative unit of Lunxhëri
Administrative unit of Odrie
Administrative unit of Picar
Subdivisions of Gjirokastër County
County seat: Gjirokastër
Municipality of Dropull
Municipality of Gjirokastër
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Municipality of Libohovë
Municipality of Memaliaj
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