Koshovicë (Albanian definite form: Koshovica; Greek: Κοσοβίτσα/Κοσσοβίτσα; romanized: Kosovítsa/Kossovítsa) is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Dropull.[2] It is inhabited solely by Greeks.[3]

Koshovicë
Κοσοβίτσα
Koshovicë is located in Albania
Koshovicë
Koshovicë
Coordinates: 39°49′05″N 20°24′27″E / 39.81806°N 20.40750°E / 39.81806; 20.40750
Country Albania
CountyGjirokastër
MunicipalityDropull
Elevation
650 m (2,130 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

St. Mary's Monastery Church, located within the village, is a Religious Cultural Monument of Albania.[4]

Demographics

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According to Ottoman statistics, the village had 188 inhabitants in 1895.[5] The village had 864 inhabitants in 1993, all ethnically Greeks.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Location of Koshovicë".
  2. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "Η Ελληνική Κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το Πρίσμα της Ιστορικής Γεωγραφίας και Δημογραφίας [The Greek Community of Albania in Terms of Historical Geography and Demography]" (in Greek). Εκδόσεις Σιδέρης. p. 58. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Religious buildings with the "Culture Monument" status". Republic of Albania National Committee for Cult. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  5. ^ Μιχάλης Κοκολάκης, "Η τουρκική στατιστική της Ηπείρου στο Σαλναμέ του 1895" στο Βασίλης Παναγιωτόπουλος, Λεωνίδας Καλλιβρετάκης, Δημήτρης Δημητρόπουλος, Μιχάλης Κοκολάκης και Ευδοκία Ολυμπίτου (επιμ.), Πληθυσμοί και οικισμοί του ελληνικού χώρου. Ιστορικά μελετήματα, Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών/Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών, Athens 2003, p. 311
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