Stegopul Explained

Type:	v
Official Name:	Stegopul
Other Name:	Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian: Stãgopul
County:	Gjirokastër
Municipality:	Libohovë
Municunit:	Qendër Libohovë
Coordinates:	40.094°N 20.251°W

Stegopul or Stegopull (Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian: Stãgopul) is a village in Lunxhëri, Gjirokastër County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, it became part of the municipality Libohovë.^[1] It is home to the Orthodox Church of St. Elijah's, also declared a national monument.^[2]

In 1989, Stegopull counted 160 inhabitants, most of whom Orthodox Albanians and a minority of Aromanians,^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6371. 25 February 2022 .
2. http://www.places-in-the-world.com/781520-al-place-stegopul.html?PHPSESSID=961sdhu2ifbtcaujh2485s45t5 Stegopul, Albania - find factsand information on Stegopul, Albania - Places-in-the-world.com
3. Gilles de Rapper. Better than Muslims, not as Good as Greeks: Emigration as experienced and imagined by the Albanian Christians of Lunxhëri The New Albanian Migration. Brighton-Portland, Sussex Academic Press (2005), p. 13: "It is true that in several villages (Selckë, Nokovë, Mingull, Stegopul), the Vlachs outnumbered the ‘villagers’ (fshatarë – this is how the Lunxhots call themselves and are called by the Vlachs) by 1990".
4. Web site: Stegopul populated place, Gjirokastër, Albania . 2024-04-12 . al.geoview.info.
5. Book: de Haan, Franciska. Krasimira Daskalova . Anna Loutfi . Biographical dictionary of women's movements and feminisms in Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe: 19th and 20th centuries. Central European University Press. 2006. G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series. 475–77. 963-7326-39-1.
6. 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. 34. "Στα πλαίσια της επιτόπιας έρευνας που πραγματοποιήσαμε στην Αλβανία (Νοέμβριος-Δεκέμβριος 1992), μελετήσαμε το ζήτημα των εθνοπολιτισμικών ομάδων, όπως αυτές συνειδητοποιούνται σήμερα επί τόπου. [As part of the fieldwork we held in Albania (November–December 1992), we studied the issue of ethnocultural groups, as they are realized today on the spot.]"; p. 51. "ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί, Β Βλάχοι"; p.55. "STEGOPULLI ΣΤΕΓΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ. 160 ΑΧ + β". but in the following year, the Aromanian community outnumbered the rest of the population.^[3]

   Alternative spellings for Stegopul can be found in various languages, such as Stegopulli, Shtegopol, Stregopuli, Stegopull, Stegopol, Stegopoli and Stegopuli.^[4]

   Notable people

   • Kostandin Boshnjaku (1888–1953), Albanian politician and communist
   • Kyriakos Kyritsis, Greek lawyer and politician
   • Ioannis Poutetsis (1878–1912), Greek revolutionary
   • Urani Rumbo (1895–1936), Albanian writer^[5]

   References