Vuksanlekići Explained

Official Name:Vuksanlekići
Вуксанлекићи
Native Name:Vuksanlekaj
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Montenegro
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Montenegro
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1: Tuzi
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:267
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:42.3373°N 19.3399°W

Vuksanlekići (Вуксанлекићи; Albanian: Vuksanlekaj) is a village in the municipality of Tuzi, Montenegro.

The settlement of Vuksanlekaj, for its part, is said to have been founded by one Vuksa, son of Leka, around the year 1788.[1]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, its population was 267, all but 5 of them Albanians.[2]

Vuksanlekaj is inhabited predominantly by the Albanian Camaj family of the Hoti tribe.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Elsie, Robert . The Tribes of Albania: History, Society and Culture . I.B. Tauris . 2015 . 9781784534011 . Great Britain . 50 . English.
  2. Web site: Tabela N1. Stanovništvo prema nacinalnoj odnosno etničkoj pripadnosti po naseljima, Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Crnoj Gori 2011. godine. Statistical Office of Montenegro. January 27, 2012. cnr.