Prongji Explained

Type:	v
Official Name:	Prongji
County:	Gjirokastër
Municipality:	Gjirokastër
Municunit:	Cepo
Coordinates:	40.1167°N 22°W

Prongji is a village of southwestern Albania, located to the northwest of the city of Gjirokastër. The village is in the administrative Gjirokastër County and part of Labëria region. It is part of the former municipality Cepo. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Gjirokastër.^[1] The village is inhabited by Bektashi Albanians and an Orthodox Albanian population.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6371. 25 February 2022 .
2. Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "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. p. 51. " ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί; AM Αλβανοί Μουσουλμάνοι" p.56. "PRONGJI ΠΡ0ΓΚΙ 244 ΑΧ + ΑΜ" The village is situated among the mountains of Mali i Gjerë and Lenik on a small tableland.

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