Shëngjin, Tirana

Shëngjin
Village
Shëngjin is located in Albania
Shëngjin
Shëngjin
Coordinates: 41°19′N 20°4′E / 41.317°N 20.067°E / 41.317; 20.067
Country Albania
CountyTirana
MunicipalityTirana
Municipal unitShëngjergj
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Shëngjin (Albanian for Saint Jean)is a village in the former municipality of Shëngjergj in Tirana County, Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tirana.[2]

Demographic history

Shëngjin is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village belonging to the region of Tamadhea in the vilayet of Çermenika. Shëngjin was a relatively settlement with only five households which were represented by the following household heads: Andrija Rili, Gjon Menkoli, Petër Mizijo, Gjon Pigonti, and Gjon Bashka.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Qarku Tirane". Shoqata e Komunave të Shqipërisë. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6375. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 151.