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Pepel (Albanian definite form: Pepeli, Greek: Πέπελη; romanized: Pépeli) 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
500 m (1,600 ft)
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Pepel is located in Albania
Pepel
Pepel
Location within Albania
Coordinates: 39°52′17″N 20°19′46″E
Country Albania
CountyGjirokastër
MunicipalityDropull
Elevation
500 m (1,600 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitewww.pepeli.gr
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Holy Trinity Monastery Church is located within the village, a Religious Cultural Monument of Albania.[3]

Name

The placename Pepel is from a term that refers to clearing and is derived from the Bulgarian word пепел, pepel meaning ash and a y sound at the end of the toponym which through Albanian condensed from l and y into l.[4]

Demographics

According to Ottoman statistics, the village had 392 inhabitants in 1895.[5] The village is inhabited by Greeks and the population was 505 in 1992.[6]

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