Shupenzë

Shupenzë
Administrative Unit
Shupenzë
Coordinates: 41°32′N 20°25′E / 41.533°N 20.417°E / 41.533; 20.417Coordinates: 41°32′N 20°25′E / 41.533°N 20.417°E / 41.533; 20.417
Country Albania Albania
County Dibër
Municipality Bulqizë
Population (2011)
  Administrative Unit 5,503
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration BZ

Shupenzë is a village and a former municipality in the Dibër County, eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Bulqizë.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 5,503.[2]

Historical demographics

In 1900, Vasil Kanchov traveled through the region and reported the populations of ten villages in the modern municipality, including Bllacë, Boçevë, Homesh (Bulgarian: Омеже Omezhe), Kovashicë, Mazhicë, Okshatinë, Shtushaj, Topojan, Vlashaj and Zogjaj. All ten were reported as being Albanian-inhabited, with a total population amongst them of 4080.[3]


References

  1. Law nr. 115/2014
  2. 2011 census results
  3. Vasil Kanchov (1901). [Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics -- Debar kaza]. Accessed 4 July 2017
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