Humelicë Explained

Type:	v
Official Name:	Humelicë
Other Name:	Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian: Umelitsa, Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian: Umelitse
County:	Gjirokastër
Municipality:	Gjirokastër
Municunit:	Cepo
Coordinates:	40.1625°N 20.0769°W
Elevation:	200

Humelicë (Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian: Umelitsa or Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian: Umelitse) is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania.^[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Gjirokastër.^[2] It is inhabited by an Orthodox Christian population of Aromanians with a minority of Orthodox Christian Albanians.^[3]

Demographics

According to Ottoman statistics, the village had 97 inhabitants in 1895.^[4] The village had 412 inhabitants in 1993, of which majority were Orthodox Aromanians and the rest were Christian Albanians. The village today has a decreased permanent population of roughly 200 inhabitants, notably due to migration to Greece or other countries. Despite this, the population doubles in Easter, Summer and Christmas, as most people return to their village to celebrate or have holidays with their families.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Location of Humelicë.
2. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6371. 25 February 2022 .
3. Web site: Kallivretakis. Leonidas. Η Ελληνική Κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το Πρίσμα της Ιστορικής Γεωγραφίας και Δημογραφίας [The Greek Community of Albania in Terms of Historical Geography and Demography]]. Εκδόσεις Σιδέρης. 2 February 2015. 56. Greek. 1995.
4. Μιχάλης Κοκολάκης, "Η τουρκική στατιστική της Ηπείρου στο Σαλναμέ του 1895" στο Βασίλης Παναγιωτόπουλος, Λεωνίδας Καλλιβρετάκης, Δημήτρης Δημητρόπουλος, Μιχάλης Κοκολάκης και Ευδοκία Ολυμπίτου (επιμ.), Πληθυσμοί και οικισμοί του ελληνικού χώρου. Ιστορικά μελετήματα, Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών/Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών, Athens 2003, p. 278