Dropull i Poshtëm explained

Type:	mu
Official Name:	Dropull i Poshtëm
Other Name:	Κάτω Δρόπολη
County:	Gjirokastër
Municipality:	Dropull
Coordinates:	40.0167°N 31°W
Population As Of:	2011
Population Unit:	2100

Dropull i Poshtëm (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κάτω Δρόπολη, Kato Dropoli) is a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Dropull.^[1] The population at the 2011 census was 2,100.^[2] The municipal unit is inhabited by ethnic Greeks.^[3]

Settlements

• Derviçan (Δερβιτσάνη)
• Dhuvjan (Δούβιανη)
• Frashtan (Φράστανη)
• Glinë (Γλύνα)
• Goranxi (Καλογοραντζή or Γοραντζή)
• Goricë (Γορίτσα)
• Grapsh (Γράψη)
• Haskovë (Χάσκοβο)
• Lugar (Λιούγκαρη)
• Peshkëpi e Sipërme (Άνω Επισκοπή)
• Peshkëpi e Poshtme (Κάτω Επισκοπή)
• Radë (Ραντάτι)
• (Σωφράτικα)
• Terihat (Τεριαχάτι or Τεριαχάτες)
• Vanistër (Βάνιστα)
• Vrahogoranxi (Βραχογοραντζή)

Notable people

• Vasilios Sahinis (1897–1943), leader of the Northern Epirote resistance (1942–1943).

See also

• Dropull
• Dropull i Sipërm
• Greeks in Albania

Notes and References

1. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6371. 25 February 2022 .
2. Web site: 2011 census results . 2015-01-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053713/http://www.instat.gov.al/media/195823/6__gjirokaster.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead .
3. Web site: Kallivretakis. Leonidas. 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]]. Εκδόσεις Σιδέρης. 2 February 2015. 57. Greek. 1995.