Derviçan
Δερβιτσάνη | |
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Coordinates: 40°1′57″N 20°10′24″E / 40.03250°N 20.17333°E | |
Country | Albania |
County | Gjirokastër |
Municipality | Dropull |
Municipal unit | Dropull i Poshtëm |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Derviçan ( Albanian definite form: Derviçani; Greek: Δερβιτσάνη, romanized: Dervitsani, also known as Dervician) is a settlement in the former Dropull i Poshtëm municipality, Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. [1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dropull. [2] It is within the larger Dropull region. The village is inhabited solely by Greeks. [3]
In 1991, the political organization Omonoia was founded in Dervican, by representatives of the Greek national minority. [4]
In 2023, the Albanian prime minister Edi Rama unveiled the statue of Konstantinos Mitsotakis, the first Greek prime minister who visited Albania after the fall of communism, as a symbol of coexistence and unity between Albanians and Greeks. [5]
In the 1520 Ottoman tax register the Albanian anthroponyms Gjon and Gjin as well as others are found in the village of Derviçan, which appears in the same register with a fairly large population for the time, with a large influence by Greek culture. Characteristic Albanian anthroponyms include: Jani Gjini, Gjin Spato, Gjon Jorgji, Jorgo Gjoni, Nako Bard(h)i, Jorgo Babi, Mano Çuni, Jani Çuni, Kosta Lula, Mano Shpata, Lluka Prushi, Dhimo Prushi, Jani Dragoi and others. [6]