Pustec Municipality
| Pustec Municipality Општина Пустец | ||
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  Pustec Municipality | ||
| Coordinates: 40°47′13″N 20°54′08″E / 40.78694°N 20.90222°ECoordinates: 40°47′13″N 20°54′08″E / 40.78694°N 20.90222°E | ||
| Country |
 Albania | |
| County | Korçë County | |
| District | Korçë District | |
| Seat | Pustec | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Edmond Themelko (AMIE) | |
| Area | ||
| • Water | 49.9 km2 (19.3 sq mi) | |
| Population (2000) | ||
| • Total | 4,285 | |
| Time zone | Central European Time (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Car Plates | KO | |
Komuna Pustec, formerly Liqenas,[1] (Macedonian: Општина Пустец, Opština Pustec) is a municipality in the Korçë District of Albania. It has a population of roughly 4300 and consists of nine villages, comprising the areas along the Albanian, south-western shore of the Greater Prespa lake. It is part of the so-called Mala Prespa area, which is home to a large part of the local ethnic Macedonian minority of Albania.[2][3] Albanian and Macedonian are official languages of the municipality.
Villages in Pustec Municipality
- Lajthizë (Леска, Leska)
- Pustec (also known as Liqenas in Albanian) (Пустец, Pustec)
- Zaroshkë (Зрновско, Zrnovsko)
- Cerja (Церје, Cerje)
- Diellas (Шулин, Shulin)
- Gollomboç (Глобочани, Globochani)
- Goricë e Vogël (Долна Горица, Dolna Gorica)
- Kallamas (Туминец, Tuminec)
- Goricë e Madhe (Горна Горица, Gorna Gorica)
History
The village of Tserye was first mentioned in documents from 14th century. The names of other villages were found in more modern documents. According to a 1900 ethnographic survey, the numbers of inhabitants at that time were as follows:[4]
- Lajthica - 70
- Pustec - 410
- Zrnovsko - 250
- Cerje (now Cerja) - 120
- Šulin (now Belas) - 270
- Globočani (now Gollomboç) - 248
- Dolna Gorica (now Goricë e Vogël) - 42
- Gorna Gorica (now Gorica e Madhe) - 285
- Tuminec (now Kallamas) - 360.
The "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne" survey by Dimitar Mishev (D. Brankov) from 1905 shows that the local Christian inhabitants were divided between Bulgarian Exarchate and Patriarchate of Constantinople.[5] On 18 March 2013, the Albanian government changed the official name of the municipality, from the Albanian Liqenas to the Macedonian Pustec.[6]
References
- ↑ "Ligjet", miratohet ndryshimi i emrit të Komunës Liqenas në Pustec [Laws, approved changing the Municipality name from Liqenas to Pustec] (in Albanian), shqiptarja.com, March 11, 2013, retrieved 9.11.13
- ↑ “ON THE STATUS OF THE MINORITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA”, Albanian Helsinki Committee with support of the Finnish Foundation ‘KIOS’ and “Finnish NGO Foundation for Human Rights”. Hosted at SEE developed by the Applied Research and Communications Fund in Sofia (www.arc.online.bg) under a two-year project sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development USAID.
- ↑ Minority Rights in Albania, page 3 - Albanian Helsinki Committee, September 1999
- ↑ Kanchov, Vasil. Macedonia — ethnography and statistics, Sofia 1900, p. 242 (in Bulgarian)
- ↑ D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, p.170-171
- ↑ Pustec poveke ne e Liqenas
See also
- Mala Prespa and Golo Brdo
- Municipalities of Albania
- Macedonians in Albania
- Macedonia (region)
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