Zgosht Explained

Type:v
Official Name:Zgosht
County:Elbasan
Municipality:Librazhd
Municunit:Lunik
Coordinates:41.2522°N 20.32°W

Zgosht is a village in the Elbasan County, eastern Albania. Following the local governmental reform of 2015, Zgosht became a part of the municipality of Librazhd and is under the municipal unit of Lunik.[1]

Demographic History

Zgosht (Izgosht) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the vilayet of Çermeniça. It had a total of seven households represented by the following household heads: Progon Kalluri, Martin Kalluri, Mihal Ribari, Pop Nikolla, Bratislav son of Dimitri, Andrija Radi, and Petër Pikaj (possibly, Pekaj, Pjekaj).[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6369.
  2. Book: Caka . Eduart . Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467 . 2019 . Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë . Tiranë . 146.