Shëngjergj Explained

Type:mu
Official Name:Shëngjergj
County:Tirana
Municipality:Tirana
Coordinates:41.3333°N 26°W
Population As Of:2011
Population Unit:2186
Postal Code:1043
Area Code:(0)49

Shëngjergj (Albanian for Saint George) is a village and a former municipality in the Tirana County, central Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tirana.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 2,186.[2]

Demographic history

Shëngjergj appears in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a settlement in the timar of the Muslim convert Yusuf, belonging to the wider region of Tamadhea in the vilayet of Çermeniça. The village had a total of 12 households which were represented by the following household heads: Ishri Somruni, Mihal Uraji (possibly, Vraji), Petër Mirali, Nikolla Goranzi, Petër Pirati, Nikolla Korriku, Mekshe Lleshi (possibly, Leshi), Andrije Uraji, Shar Bogdani, Gjon Bureshi, Ilia Qinami, and Petër Gurabardi.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6375. 25 February 2022 .
  2. http://www.instat.gov.al/media/195838/11__tirane.pdf 2011 census results
  3. Book: Caka . Eduart . Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467 . 2019 . Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë . Tiranë . 150.