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Cepo Latitude and Longitude:
40°7′N 20°5′E / 40.117°N 20.083°E / 40.117; 20.083
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Çepo
Municipal unit
Çepo is located in Albania
Çepo
Çepo
Coordinates: 40°7′N 20°5′E / 40.117°N 20.083°E / 40.117; 20.083
Country  Albania
County Gjirokastër
Municipality Gjirokastër
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,727
Time zone UTC+1 ( CET)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC+2 ( CEST)
Postal Code
6009 [1]

Çepo is a municipal administrative units, formerly known as communes in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Gjirokastër. [2] The municipal unit administrative center is Palokastër village and it consists on 10 other villages which are: Fushëbardhë, Zhulat, Taroninë, Mashkullorë, Çepun, Kodër, Plesat, Kardhiq, Prongji and Humelicë. [3]

History

In 1185 the seat of the Orthodox bishopric of Dryinopolis was moved to Çepo until 1395 when it was transferred to Argyrokastron (modern Gjirokastër). [4] In Medieval times, Zhulat was the home of Papa Zhuli, as well as Fushëbardhë, he was a Catholic priest who is credited for the Kanun of Labëria. [5] [6] [7] He moved there from this region.

Demographics

The population at the 2011 census was 1,727, while in the civil registers of the same year the population had a total of 6,702 inhabitants. In 2018, referring to the same civil registry, the population had a slight decline, counting a total population of 6,224. [8] [9] The ethnic population of Çepo is Albanian, the Albanians of Çepo speak the Tosk dialect of the Albanian language. Historically speaking, Çepo had a mixed Muslim and Christian ( Orthodox) population, with greater numbers of Muslims. Humelica was inhabited by a historically Christian population, Fushëbardhë and Zhulat were inhabited by historically Muslim populations, and much of the rest of the commune is of mixed historical confession. [10] In the 2011 census, a plurality (44.72%) the population did not identify with one of Albania's four major denominations, while of the major four, Çepo had 42.79% Muslims, 9.44% Orthodox, 2.2% Bektashi, and 1.85% Catholic. [11]


References

  1. ^ "Kodi Postar, Qarku Gjirokastër" [Postal Code, Gjirokastër County] (PDF). Posta Shqiptare. 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-03-22.
  2. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ Greece – Albania Neighbourhood Programme Archived March 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Giakoumis, Georgios (2009). Δύο Πρώιμα Μετα-Βυζαντινά Μνημεία και ο Ζωγραφικός τους Διάκοσμος στο Πωγώνι [Two Early Post-Byzantine Monuments and their Internal Environment in Pogoni] (pdf) (in Greek). University of Ioannina: 19. doi: 10.12681/eadd/25277. hdl: 10442/hedi/25277. Retrieved 16 December 2014. {{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help) (PhD Thesis)
  5. ^ Robert Elsie (December 1, 2000). A Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology, and Folk Culture. NYU Press. pp. 146, 149–150. ISBN  978-0814722145.
  6. ^ R. Zojzi The Code of Labëria ("Kanuni i Labërisë" Tirana (Institute of Folk Culture Archives)
  7. ^ I.Elezi (1994). E drejta zakonore e Labërisë ne planin krahasues. Shtëpia Botuese "Libri Universitar". ISBN  9780814722145. OCLC  50645979.
  8. ^ "2011 census results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  9. ^ "Gjirokastra's communes". www.observator.org.al. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  10. ^ 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. 51.
  11. ^ "Religious composition of Albania 2011".


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