Bujan

Bujan is a village and a former municipality in the Kukës County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tropojë.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 2,550.[2] It is part of the Highlands of Gjakova, an ethnographic region of Albanian and Kosovo, and is known for hosting the 1943 Bujan Conference.

For other uses, see Bujan (disambiguation).
Bujan
Municipal unit
Bujan Conference Kulla
Bujan Conference Kulla
Bujan is located in Albania
Bujan
Bujan
Coordinates: 42°19′27″N 20°4′20″E
Country Albania
CountyKukës
MunicipalityTropojë
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
2,550
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Bujan is part of Krasniqi tribal territory. According to Eqrem Çabej, the etymology of the village derives from a term referring to a "pond with a lot of water", but due to the location of the village, the etymology may have to do with the Albanian term bujë.[3]

Notable people

References
  1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. 2011 census results Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Sulaj, Avdyl (2010). "ONOMASTIKA E TROPOJËS". Albanological Research - Philological Sciences Series (40): 91.


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