Shëngjin, Tirana
Appearance
Shëngjin | |
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Coordinates: 41°19′N 20°4′E / 41.317°N 20.067°E | |
Country | Albania |
County | Tirana |
Municipality | Tirana |
Municipal unit | Shëngjergj |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Shëngjin (Albanian for Saint Jean)[citation needed] is a village in the former municipality of Shëngjergj in Tirana County, Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tirana.[2]
Demographic history
[edit]Shëngjin is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village belonging to the region of Tamadhea in the vilayet of Çermenika. Shëngjin was a relatively settlement with only five households which were represented by the following household heads: Andrija Rili, Gjon Menkoli, Petër Mizijo, Gjon Pigonti, and Gjon Bashka.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Qarku Tirane". Shoqata e Komunave të Shqipërisë. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6375. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 151.