Menkulas
Menkulas | |
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.svg)  Menkulas | |
| Coordinates: 40°32′N 20°57′E / 40.533°N 20.950°E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Korçë |
| Municipality | Devoll |
| Municipal unit | Miras |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Menkulas is a small village of about 1,000 inhabitants in the Korçë County, Albania. In the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Devoll.[1] The inhabitants of Menkulas are all Albanian Muslims and some adhere to the Bektashi sect. The population of Menkulas speak Albanian in the Tosk dialect. [2]
The mainstay of the local economy is agriculture.
Notable people
[edit]Dritëro Agolli (1931–2017), an Albanian poet, writer and politician
References
[edit]- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6372–6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ De Rapper, Gilles (2008). "Religion in post-communist Albania: Muslims, Christians and the concept of 'culture' (Devoll, South Albania)" (PDF). Anthropological Notebooks. 14 (2): 37. "the Muslim village of Menkulas"
Subdivisions of Devoll municipality | ||
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Municipal seat: Bilisht | ||
| Administrative unit of Bilisht |  | |
| Administrative unit of Hoçisht | ||
| Administrative unit of Miras | ||
| Administrative unit of Progër | ||
| Administrative unit of Qendër Bilisht | ||
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