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Village in Korçë, Albania

Melçan is a community in the Korçë County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Korçë.

History

During the 1920s, when the Bektashi Order and its headquarters in Hacıbektaş, Turkey were banned, the tekke of Melçan served as the first de facto headquarters of the Albanian Bektashi community until the World Headquarters of the Bektashi was officially set up in Tirana in 1930.

"Location of Melçan". Retrieved 2010-06-20.
"Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6372–6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
Elsie, Robert (2019). The Albanian Bektashi: history and culture of a Dervish order in the Balkans. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-78831-569-2. OCLC 1108619669.

v t e Subdivisions of Korçë municipality
Municipal seat: Korçë
Administrative unit of Drenovë	Boboshticë Dardhë Drenovë Mborje Moravë Qatrom Ravonik Turan
Administrative unit of Korçë	Korçë
Administrative unit of Lekas	Gjergjevicë Gjonbabas Gurmujas Lavdar Brozdvec Lekas Marjan Mazrekë Popinovë Shkozan Tudas Xerje
Administrative unit of Mollaj	Floq Kamenicë Mollaj Pulahë Ujë Bardhë
Administrative unit of Qendër Bulgarec	Barç Belorta Biranj Bulgarec Çiflig Dishnicë Kuç i Zi Lumalas Malavec Melçan Neviçisht Porodinë Shamoll
Administrative unit of Vithkuq	Cemericë Gjanc Grabockë Leshnje Lubonjë Panarit Rehovë Roshanj Shtyllë Stratobërdh Trebickë Treskë Vithkuq
Administrative unit of Voskop	Damjanec Dërsnik Goskovë Lart Goskovë Poshtë Polen Vinçan Voskop
Administrative unit of Voskopojë	Gjonomadh Krushovë Lavdar Shipskë Voskopojë

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