Baz, Albania

Baz is a village and a former municipality in the Dibër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Mat.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 2,228.[2]

Baz
Municipal unit
Baz is located in Albania
Baz
Baz
Coordinates: 41°38′N 19°56′E
Country Albania
CountyDibër
MunicipalityMat
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
2,228
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Demographic history

Baz (Bazëda) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a settlement belonging to the timar of the local Albanians Kali Gjergji, Gjonima, Gjergji, and Todori in the vilayet of Mati. The village had a total of six households represented by the following household heads: Andrija Kimiza, Uksiç Bardi, Lazar Muzaka, Tole Skura, Peber Kimiza, and Kaznish .[3]

References
  1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6367. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. "2011 census results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
  3. Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 165.


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