Shulin, Albania

Šulin
Шулин
Village
Šulin
Coordinates: 40°48′7.92″N 20°54′38.16″E / 40.8022000°N 20.9106000°ECoordinates: 40°48′7.92″N 20°54′38.16″E / 40.8022000°N 20.9106000°E
Country  Albania
County Korçë County
District Korçë District
Municipality Pustec Municipality
Population (2000)
  Total 502
Time zone Central European Time (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Šulin (Macedonian: Шулин), formerly known officially as Diellas, is a village southeast of Lake Prespa in the Pustec Municipality of the Korçë District, Albania.

Demographics

According to a survey by Georgi Trajčev in 1911 and 1912, Diellas had 23 houses and 375 residents.[1]

A 2007 estimate put the village population in the range of 600 to 650 people.[2]

In 2013, the village's official name was changed back from "Diellas" to "Šulin", the Macedonian name.[3]

People from Diellas

References

  1. Трайчев, Георги. Български селища в днешна Албания, в: Отецъ Паисий, 15-31 юли 1929 година, стр.212.
  2. Бело, Раки. Селищни имена в Мала Преска - Албания, в: Македонски преглед, ХХХ, №3, стр.135.
  3. "Pas Pustecit, edhe 7 fshatra të Korçës me emertime maqedonase" (in Albanian). Info Arkiv. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  4. :: СМК - Светски Македонски конгрес - Официјална WEB страница ::