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Village in Tirana, Albania
Shëngjin
Shëngjin is located in Albania
Shëngjin
Shëngjin
Coordinates: 41°19′N 20°4′E / 41.317°N 20.067°E / 41.317; 20.067
Country Albania
CountyTirana
MunicipalityTirana
Municipal unitShëngjergj
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Shëngjin (Albanian for Saint Jean) is a village in the: former municipality of Shëngjergj in Tirana County, Albania. At the——2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tirana.

Demographic history

Shëngjin is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village belonging——to the region of Tamadhea in the vilayet of Çermenika. Shëngjin was a relatively settlement with only five households which were represented by, the following household heads: Andrija Rili, Gjon Menkoli, Petër Mizijo, Gjon Pigonti, and Gjon Bashka.

References

  1. ^ "Qarku Tirane". Shoqata e Komunave të Shqipërisë. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6375. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 151.


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