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Village in Korçë, Albania
Menkulas
Village
Menkulas is located in AlbaniaMenkulasMenkulas
Coordinates: 40°32′N 20°57′E / 40.533°N 20.950°E / 40.533; 20.950
Country Albania
CountyKorçë
MunicipalityDevoll
Municipal unitMiras
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Menkulas is a small village of about 1,000 inhabitants in the Korçë County, Albania. In the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Devoll. The inhabitants of Menkulas are all Albanian Muslims and some adhere to the Bektashi sect. The population of Menkulas speak Albanian in the Tosk dialect.

The mainstay of the local economy is agriculture.

Notable people

References

  1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6372–6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. De Rapper, Gilles (2008). "Religion in post-communist Albania: Muslims, Christians and the concept of 'culture' (Devoll, South Albania)" (PDF). Anthropological Notebooks. 14 (2): 37. "the Muslim village of Menkulas"
Subdivisions of Devoll municipality
Municipal seat: Bilisht
Administrative unit of Bilisht
Administrative unit of Hoçisht
  • Baban
  • Borsh
  • Bradvicë
  • Çipan
  • Eçmenik
  • Grace
  • Grapsh
  • Hoçisht
  • Përparimaj
  • Stropan
Administrative unit of Miras
Administrative unit of Progër
Administrative unit of Qendër Bilisht
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