Derjan Explained

Type:mu
Official Name:Derjan
County:Dibër
Municipality:Mat
Coordinates:41.6833°N 22°W
Population As Of:2011
Population Unit:1102

Derjan is a village and a former municipality in the Dibër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Mat.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 1,102.[2] It includes the following settlements: Derjan, Urxallë, Barbullej, Dukagjin, Gjoçaj, Lam i Madh, Zall Gjoçaj.[1]

Demographic history

Derjan (Dirjani) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a settlement belonging to the timar of Ali in the vilayet of Mati. The village was relatively small with a total of five households which were represented by the following household heads: Pal Balazi, Mihal Divalmi, Andrija Kipota, Gjergj Divalmi, and Gjon Kipota. In the register, a certain Mark Kastrioti from Derjan is attested as a yamak stationed in the village of Shtjaknëz (modern Shqefën).[3]

References

  1. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6367. 25 February 2022 .
  2. Web site: 2011 census results . 2015-01-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234141/http://www.instat.gov.al/media/195811/2__diber.pdf . 2016-03-03 . dead .
  3. Book: Caka . Eduart . Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467 . 2019 . Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë . Tiranë . 159, 169.