Lekël Explained

Type:	v
Official Name:	Lekël
County:	Gjirokastër
Municipality:	Tepelenë
Municunit:	Qendër Tepelenë
Coordinates:	40.2561°N 20.0794°W

Lekël (Albanian: Lekli) is a community in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania.^[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tepelenë.^[2]

Lekël was one of the Albanian Christian villages in the possession of the House of Moutzohoussates (Albanian: Muçohysaj), the ancestral house of Ali Pasha.^[3]

Warm-summer Mediterranean climate predominates in this area.^[4]

Notable people

• Anastas Byku, publisher of the bilingual Albanian-Greek Pellazgos magazine in 1860–1861 in Lamia, Greece
• Gjergj Suli (1893–1948), Albanian Orthodox cleric and martyr
• Georgios Vagias, Greek army general
• Thanasis Vagias (1765–1834), general, counselor, and confidant of Ali Pasha

References

1. Web site: Location of Lekël. 2010-06-20.
2. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6371 . 25 February 2022 .
3. Skiotis . Dennis N. . From Bandit to Pasha: First steps in the Rise to Power of Ali of Tepelen, 1750–17841 . International Journal of Middle East Studies . July 1971 . 2 . 3 . 226 . 10.1017/S0020743800001112 . 30 September 2022 . en . 1471-6380.
4. Web site: Mindat.org. 2021-12-01. www.mindat.org.