Koman, Albania Explained

Type:v
Official Name:Koman
County:Shkodër
Municipality:Vau i Dejës
Municunit:Temal
Coordinates:42.0903°N 19.8122°W

Koman is a settlement in the former Temal municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Vau i Dejës.[2] The Koman Hydroelectric Power Station and lake Koman have taken the name of the settlement.

The settlement takes its name from the Cumans.[3] It is the type site of the Koman culture and its fort is on the nearby Dalmace Hill,[4] around which is built an important theory of the transition between Illyrians and Albanians.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Location of Koman. 2010-06-20.
  2. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6374–6375. 25 February 2022 .
  3. Book: Spinei . Victor . The Romanians and the Turkic Nomads North of the Danube Delta from the Tenth to the Mid-Thirteenth Century . 2009 . Brill . 317 . 2 May 2022.
  4. Gelichi . Sauro . Negrelli . Claudio . Early Medieval North Albania: New Discoveries, Remodeling Connections. The Case of Medieval Komani . Studi e Ricerche . 10.14277/6969-115-7/SR-4-9 . 2017 . 4 . 311–346.
  5. Book: Gocha R. Tsetskhladze. Ancient West & East. 26 September 2013. 2005. BRILL. 978-90-04-14176-6. 230.