Picar is a village and a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Gjirokastër.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 937.[2] The municipal unit consists of the villages Picar, Shtëpëz, Kolonjë, Golem and Kaparjel [3] which are all inhabited by Bektashi Albanians.[4]

Picar
Picar is located in Albania
Picar
Picar
Coordinates: 40°10′N 20°3′E / 40.167°N 20.050°E / 40.167; 20.050
Country Albania
CountyGjirokastër
MunicipalityGjirokastër
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
937
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ 2011 census results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Greece – Albania Neighbourhood Programme Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "Η ελληνική κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το πρίσμα της ιστορικής γεωγραφίας και δημογραφίας [The Greek Community of Albania in terms of historical geography and demography." In Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]. University of Athens. p. 51. "AM Αλβανοί Μουσουλμάνοι" p.56. "PICARI ΠΙΤΣΑΡΙ 1144 ΑΜ; SHTEPEZ ΣΤΕΠΕΖΙ 361 ΑΜ; KOLONJA ΚΟΛΟΝΙΑ 737 ΑΜ; KAPARJEL ΚΑΠΑΡΙΕΛΙ 133 ΑΜ; GOLEM ΓΚΟΛΕΜΙ 926 ΑΜ"