Orosh Explained

Type:	mu
Official Name:	Orosh
County:	Lezhë
Municipality:	Mirditë
Coordinates:	41.85°N 24°W
Population As Of:	2023^[1]
Population Unit:	900

Orosh (or) is a small village in Mirditë within the county of Lezhë in the northwest of the Republic of Albania.^[2] Geographically, it is located inside the mountainous region of northern Albania in the Valley of Fan.

The seat of the former municipality was the town of Reps. The former Orosh Abbey was located in the municipality. Terenzio Tocci gathered the Mirdita chieftains on April 26, 1911, in Orosh, proclaimed the independence of Albania, raised the flag of Albania and established the provisional government.^{[3] [4]}

Notable people

• Prenk Bibë Doda (1860–1919), member of the Young Turks, prince of Mirdita and politician
• Marka Gjoni (1861–1925), chieftain of the Mirdita region
• Gjon Markagjoni (1888–1966), Catholic clan chieftain
• Bib Dod Pasha (1820–1868), ruler of the Mirdita region

Notes and References

1. Web site: Population and Housing Census, Lezhë 2023 . 108 . 9 November 2024 . INSTAT.
2. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6373–6374. 25 February 2022 .
3. Book: Skendi, Stavro. The Albanian national awakening. 1967. Princeton. Princeton University Press. 9781400847761. 412, 440.
4. Book: Gawrych, George. The crescent and the eagle: Ottoman rule, Islam and the Albanians, 1874–1913. 2006. London. IB Tauris. 9781845112875. 186.