Zerqan
Administrative unit in Dibër, Albania
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Zerqan (Albanian pronunciation: IPA: [zɛɾcan]) is a village and a former municipality in Dibër County, eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the municipality Bulqizë.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 4,111.[2]
AlbaniaZerqan | |
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.svg)  Zerqan | |
| Coordinates: 41°30′N 20°21′E | |
| Country | Albania |
| County | Dibër |
| Municipality | Bulqizë |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Administrative unit | 4,111 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20110430105023/http://www.komuna-zerqan.gov.al:80/ |
Historical demographics
Zerqan (Zirklani) appears in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a settlement in the vilayet of Dulgoberda. The village had a total of 11 households represented by the following household heads: Pop Dimitri, Gjureja son of Gjoni, Andrije brother of Pop Dimitri, Dimitri Pllasha, Kolë Sigori, Obertkoja son of Pop, Tanush Arbenasi, Kolë Osmaku, Andreja Kimëza, Martin Mimiza, and Gjergj Liu.[3]
In 1900, Vasil Kanchov gathered and compiled statistics on demographics in the area, finding a mainly Albanian area in and around Zerqan: the villages of Zerqan, Smollik, Sofraçan, and Sopot were all entirely Albanian inhabited, while Tërnovë was inhabited by Slavic Muslims.[4]
