Derviçan
Δερβιτσάνη
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Coordinates: 40°1′57″N 20°10′24″E / 40.03250°N 20.17333°E / 40.03250; 20.17333 | |
Country | ![]() |
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]
Subdivisions of Dropull Municipality
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Municipal Seat: Dropull | ||
Administrative Unit of Dropull i Poshtëm |
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Administrative Unit of Dropull i Sipërm |
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Administrative Unit of Pogon |
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