Lefter Talo (Greek: Λευτέρη Τάλλιος) is a village in the former commune of Livadhe, Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality of Finiq.[1] At 1993 the total population of the village was 178, all of them part of the Greek community in Albania.[2]

Lefter Talo
Λευτέρη Τάλλιου
Lefter Talo is located in Albania
Lefter Talo
Lefter Talo
Coordinates: 39°47′29″N 20°6′6″E / 39.79139°N 20.10167°E / 39.79139; 20.10167
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalityFiniq
Municipal unitLivadhe
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Name

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The name Lefter Talo (Lefteris Talios in Greek) was given to the village by the authorities of the People's Republic of Albania to honour Lefter Talo, a local World War II Albanian resistance leader of Greek ethnicity.[3] (Hero of the People recipient). He was known as one of the most prominent members in the Chameria battalion of the Albanian National Liberation Front.[4] The former name of the village was Hajdëragas and was of Albanian origin[5] with its suffix (-aga) coming from the Turkish title agha.[3] At the Ottoman registers of 1895 it was recorded as Hadir-aga or Haidar-aga.[6] It derived from the name of an Ottoman-era landowner who was in possession of the settlement.[7]

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  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ Καλλιβρετάκης, Λεωνίδας (1995), Η ελληνική κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το πρίσμα της ιστορικής γεωγραφίας και δημογραφίας, p. 52, ISBN 978-960-08-0054-8, retrieved 2021-02-12
  3. ^ a b Kofos, Evangelos (1 January 1993). "The Greek minority school textbooks during the Enver Hoxha period". Balkan Studies. 34 (1): 95. ISSN 2241-1674. Retrieved 14 September 2022. A hamlet near Vourko, in the Aghioi Saranta district, formerly known as Handiraga (from the Turkish title "aga") was re-named "Lefteris Tallios" (indicating that it was Greek) in honour of the leader of a band of guerilla fighters from the Greek community
  4. ^ Murzaku, Thoma; Hoxha, Teuta; Trenova, Bashkim (1986). Heronj të Luftës Antifashiste Nacionalçlirimtare: përmbledhje dokumentesh. Shtëpia Botuese "8 Nëntori". p. 251. Lefteri, djali revolucionar i Vurgut, anëtar i Partisë Komuniste Shqiptare, një nga bijtë më të mirë të minoritetit.... Punoi me fjalë e propagandë në Vurg dhe pastaj me formimin e çetës së Çamërisë, Lefteri u hodh i pari në të, u bë një nga shokët udhëheqës më të mirë të saj
  5. ^ Demiraj, Shaban (2008). "La situation ethnique-linguistique des habitants de Dropulli et de Vurgu au cours des siecles". Studia Albanica. 1. Academy of Sciences of Albania: 77–91. ISSN 0585-5047.
  6. ^ Κοκολάκης, Μιχάλης (26 June 2008). Η τουρκική στατιστική της Ηπείρου στο Σαλναμέ του 1895. p. 287. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  7. ^ Κοκολάκης, Μιχάλης (2003). Το ύστερο Γιαννιώτικο Πασαλίκι: χώρος, διοίκηση και πληθυσμός στην τουρκοκρατούμενη Ηπειρο (1820-1913). Κέντρο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών, (Ε.Ι.Ε.). p. 248. hdl:10442/8080. ISBN 9789607916112. Retrieved 3 November 2020.