Janjar Explained

Janjar
Type:	v
County:	Vlorë
Municipality:	Konispol
Municunit:	Markat

Janjar (Albanian: Janjari) is a village in the commune of Markat, part of municipality of Konispol, Albania.^[1] The village is inhabited by Albanians. As of 1995, it had 595 inhabitants.^[2] Ethnographically, this settlement belongs to the region of Çamëria.^[3]

Geography

From the North-West the village borders with Ninat, from the South with Koska, and Plesavitsa; from the West with Vërva and Dishati, and from the East with Pallamba. Janjar is composed of the following neighbourhoods: Bratat, Brahimat, Fshat i Madh and Klisha.^[4] Bratat has a Slavic etymology from the word Brate meaning brother.

Notable people

• Aziz Çami, officer of the Albanian army and Balli Kombëtar commander.

External links

• Sarandë/ Janjari, fshati në kufi me Greqinë, Banorët: Jemi të izoluar, s’kemi rrugë dhe as ujë

Notes and References

1. Book: Isufi . Hajredin . Musa Demi dhe qëndresa çame: 1800-1947 . 2002 . Botimet Dudaj, 2002 . 146, 383 . 9789992750100 .
2. Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "http://helios-eie.ekt.gr/EIE/handle/10442/8696 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)." In Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]. University of Athens.
3. Book: Murati . Qemal . Konservacione dhe inovacione gjuhësore në fushë të shqipes . 1991 . 28 .
4. Fatos Mero Rrapaj (1995). Fjalori Onomastik i Epirit. Eurorilindja. f. 55.