Llongo

Village in Gjirokastër, Albania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Llongo (Albanian definite form: Llongoja; Greek: Λόγγος, romanized: Lóggos) is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Dropull.[2]

Country Albania
Elevation
580 m (1,900 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
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Llongo
Λόγγος
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Llongo is located in Albania
Llongo
Llongo
Coordinates: 39°50′05″N 20°22′39″E
Country Albania
CountyGjirokastër
MunicipalityDropull
Elevation
580 m (1,900 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
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Name

The placename Llongo is derived from the word 'meadow', rendered in Old Slavic as лжгъ, lag and лъг, lăg in Bulgarian where through old Albanian the reflex ж became on within the toponym.[3]

Demographics

The village is inhabited by Greeks, and the population was 476 in 1992.[4]

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