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| Municipality | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Gjirokastër County |
| District | Gjirokastër District |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car Plates | GJ |
Lunxhëri is a physical-geographical and ethnographical region and municipality in the district of Gjirokastër, Gjirokastër County, Albania. It extends from the west side of the mountain with the same name from Hormovë, in the north-west, to Gryka e Suhës in the south; from the crest of the Lunxhëri mountain in the east, to the valley of the Drino in the west. The region has many rivers and streams such as (Përroi i Dhoksatit, Përroi i Qestoratit, and the river of Nimica). The main inhabited places, are Erind, Muzo Asqeri, Nokovë, Mingull, Këllez, Dhoksat, Qestorat, Saraqinisht, Stegopull, Selckë, and Odrie. Lunxhëri is rich in carstic waters, especially near tectonic disjunctions.
The many archeological findings (Këllez, Dhoksat, Erind) and the ancient city of Antigonia, today a National Park, are testimony that the region was inhabited since antiquity.
During World War I and the interwar period, many families migrated or left the area.
Notable People
- Aleks Basho, (1884 – 1966), first director of the Albanian-langauge school in Qestorat.
- Nase Jani, Albanian poet.
- Kyriakos Kyritsis lawyer and member of the Greek Parliament (1915-1917) for the Argyrokastron Prefecture.
- Thanas Nano, from Nokovë, the father of Fatos Nano.
- Mihal Prifti, first Albanian ambassador in the Soviet Union.
- Petro Poga, former Albanian Rilindas and acting Prime Minister of Albania.
- Harrilla Rebi, pioneer pilot in the Albanian aviation.
- Urani Rumbo (1895-1936), Albanian feminist, teacher and playwright.
- Pandeli Sotiri, Albanain Rilindas and director of the first Albanian school of modern times.
- Kristo Stoja, journalist.
- Christakis Zografos (1820-1898), benefactor and entrepreneur. Founder of a number of Greek schools (called Zografeia schools) in Qestorati, Gjirokastër and Constantinople.
- Georgios Christakis-Zografos (1863-1920), son of the above mentioned. Head of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus.
Traditional Music from Lunxhëria
References
- Albanian government budget legislation
- Antigonea Archaeological Park website
- http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/16/57/25/PDF/de_Rapper_2005a.pdf These fluid identities were to be crystallised at the time of the creation of the Albanian state (1913) and during the process of Albanisation that followed. Lunxhëri was actually included in the definition of Northern Epirus as a land of Hellenism that should have been given to the Greek state in 1913, and many families left the area, and Albania,during and after the First World War, to avoid becoming citizens of the new Albanian state. These people are called in Albanian propaganda filogrek...
| Subdivisions of Gjirokastër County | ||
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| County seat: Gjirokastër | ||
| Municipality of Dropull |  | |
| Municipality of Gjirokastër | ||
| Municipality of Këlcyrë | ||
| Municipality of Libohovë | ||
| Municipality of Memaliaj | ||
| Municipality of Përmet | ||
| Municipality of Tepelenë | ||
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