Derjan

Derjan 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 1,102.[2] It includes the following settlements: Derjan, Urxallë, Barbullej, Dukagjin, Gjoçaj, Lam i Madh, Zall Gjoçaj.[1]

Derjan
Municipal unit
Derjan is located in Albania
Derjan
Derjan
Coordinates: 41°41′N 20°2′E
Country Albania
CountyDibër
MunicipalityMat
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
1,102
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Demographic history

Derjan (Dirjani) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a settlement belonging to the timar of Ali in the vilayet of Mati. The village was relatively small with a total of five households which were represented by the following household heads: Pal Balazi, Mihal Divalmi, Andrija Kipota, Gjergj Divalmi, and Gjon Kipota. In the register, a certain Mark Kastrioti from Derjan is attested as a yamak stationed in the village of Shtjaknëz (modern Shqefën).[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. pp. 159, 169.


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