Lekël
Village in Gjirokastër, Albania
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Lekël (Albanian definite form: Lekli) is a community in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tepelenë.[2]
Lekël | |
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.svg)  Lekël | |
| Coordinates: 40°15′22″N 20°4′46″E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Gjirokastër |
| Municipality | Tepelenë |
| Administrative unit | Qendër Tepelenë |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Lekël was one of the Albanian Christian villages in the possession of the House of Muçohysaj the ancestral house of Ali Pasha.[3]
Warm-summer Mediterranean climate predominates in this area.[4]
The Albanians of the village speak in the Tosk dialect of the Albanian language.
Notable people
- Anastas Byku, 19th-century Albanian publisher and journalist
- Gjergj Suli (1893–1948), Albanian Orthodox cleric and martyr
- Georgios Vagias, Greek army general
- Thanasis Vagias (1765–1834), general, counselor, and confidant of Ali Pasha
- Loukas Vagias, Greek physician and participant in the Greek War of Independence.
- Konstantinos Lagoumitzis (1781–1851), Greek, revolutionary during the Greek War of Independence, his family was originally from Lekël
