Zerqan
Municipal unit in Dibër, Albania
41°30′N 20°21′E / 41.500°N 20.350°E / 41.500; 20.350
Albania (2011)
Zerqan (Albanian pronunciation: IPA: [zɛɾcan]) is a village and a former municipality in Dibër County, eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the municipality Bulqizë.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 4,111.[2]
Historical demographics
Zerqan (Zirklani) appears in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a settlement in the vilayet of Dulgoberda. The village had a total of 11 households represented by the following household heads: Pop Dimitri, Gjureja son of Gjoni, Andrije brother of Pop Dimitri, Dimitri Pllasha, Kolë Sigori, Obertkoja son of Pop, Tanush Arbenasi, Kolë Osmaku, Andreja Kimëza, Martin Mimiza, and Gjergj Liu.[3]
In 1900, Vasil Kanchov gathered and compiled statistics on demographics in the area, finding a mainly Albanian area in and around Zerqan: the villages of Zerqan, Smollik, Sofraçan, and Sopot were all entirely Albanian inhabited, while Tërnovë was inhabited by Slavic Muslims.[4]
References
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6367. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ 2011 census results
- ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 96.
- ^ Vasil Kanchov (1901). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics -- Debar kaza. Accessed 4 July 2017.
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Subdivisions of Dibër County
County Seat: Peshkopi
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Municipal Seat: Bulqizë | ||
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| Administrative Unit of Fushë-Bulqizë |
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| Administrative Unit of Gjoricë |
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| Administrative Unit of Martanesh |
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| Administrative Unit of Ostren |
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| Administrative Unit of Shupenzë |
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| Administrative Unit of Trebisht | ||
| Administrative Unit of Zerqan |
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