Dropull parish

Dropull Dropulli ( Designation in an indefinite and definite form )
Coordinates: 39 ° 56 '  N , 20 ° 16'  E
Basic data
Qark :	Gjirokastra
Municipality :	Dropull
Area :	448.25 km²
Bashkia residents :	3503 (2011)
Population density (Bashkia):	8 inhabitants / km²
Telephone code :	(+355) 0884
Politics and administration (as of 2019 )
Mayor :	Dhimitraq Toli ( PS )
Website :	www.bashkiadropull.com
Territory of the municipality within Albania

The Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Demetrios Dollis visited Dervican on January 16, 2011

The municipality of Dropull ( Albanian  Bashkia e Dropullit ; Greek Δήμος Δρόπολης ) is one of the 61 municipalities in Albania . The community in the far south of the country belongs to the Gjirokastra Qark . It is right on the border with Greece; the majority of the 3500 residents belong to the Greek minority . The main town of the municipality is Jorgucat .

The municipality was created in 2015 by merging the three municipalities Dropull i poshtëm (2100 inhabitants), Dropull i sipërm (971 inhabitants) and Pogon (432 inhabitants). In terms of population, it is the second smallest municipality in the country .

Church in the village of Çatistra

The municipality includes the Dropull region , the Drino valley  between Gjirokastra  and the Greek border, as well as areas in the neighborhood that are inhabited by the Greek minority. In the more densely populated and well-developed Lower Dropull , the villages of Dervican , Goranxi , Vanistër , Haskova , Dhuvjan , Sofratika , Terihat , Gorica , Frashtan , Lugar , Grapsh , Peshkëpi e sipërme , Peshkëpi e poshtme , Glina , Vrahogoran and are located . The villages of Jorgucat , Zervat , Bularat , Bodrishta , Kakavija , Vodhina , Vrisera , Drita , Kërra , Pepel , Klishar , Selo , Likomil , Llovina , Krioner , Sotira , Llongo and Koshovica belong to the Upper Dropull , which adjoins the southwest . They are no longer in the Drinos Valley, but in the side valley of the Kselos River . The first eight places mentioned are down in the valley on the edge of or not far from the Dropull plain and the SH 4 national road and are therefore still easily accessible. The Pogon region includes the villages of Poliçan , Skoreja , Sopik , Çatistra , Mavrojer , Hllomo and Selcka . These are very isolated and difficult to access east of the Dropull in a high valley between the Burreto mountain ( 1763  m above sea level ) in the west and the Nemërçka ( 2485  m above sea level ). The only unpaved access roads lead through the area of ​​the neighboring municipality of Libohova or via a border crossing at Sopik .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ligj no. 180/2014 "Për një ndryshim në ligjin nr. 115/2014 'Për ndarjen administrativo-territoriale të njësive të qeverisjen vendore në Republikën e Shqipërisë' ". (PDF file) (No longer available online.) Albanian Parliament, December 18, 2014, formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 6, 2015 (Albanian).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.