Memaliaj

{{Infobox settlement (Albanian)

| type = m

| name = Memaliaj

| emblem = Stema e Bashkisë Memaliaj.svg

| skyline = Memaliaj_(Albania).jpg

| county = Gjirokastër

| mayor = Albert Malaj

| party = BF

| coordinates = {{coord|40|21|N|19|59|E|type:adm1st_region:AL_dim:100000|display=inline}}

| elevation = 130

| area munic = 372.30

| population as of = 2011

| population munic = 10657

| population unit = 2647

| postal code = 6302

| area code = (0)885

| website = {{URL|https://www.memaliaj.gov.al/}}

}}

Memaliaj is a town and a municipality in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Buz, Krahës, Luftinjë, Memaliaj, Memaliaj Fshat and Qesarat, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Memaliaj.{{cite web |url=https://www.vendime.al/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/137-2014.pdf |title=Law nr. 115/2014 |language=sq |pages=6371|access-date=25 February 2022 }} The total population is 10,657 (2011 census),{{cite web |url=http://www.instat.gov.al/media/3064/6__gjirokaster.pdf |title=Population and housing census - Gjirokastër 2011 |access-date=2019-09-25 |publisher=INSTAT}} in a total area of {{convert|372.30|km2}}.{{cite web |url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/345175/501971/EU-28-LAU-2019-NUTS-2016.xlsx |title=Correspondence table LAU – NUTS 2016, EU-28 and EFTA / available Candidate Countries |access-date=2019-09-25 |publisher=Eurostat|format=XLS}} The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 2,647. It is entirely populated by Albanians, both Muslim Bektashis and Eastern Orthodox Christians. The dialect of Albanian spoken in the region is Tosk.

History

In 2 December of 1942 in Memaliaj under the supervision of the Albanian National Liberation Council was founded the first National Liberation Committee of Tepelenë.{{Cite book |last=Van Gerven Oei |first=Vincent |title=Lapidari 1 |publisher=Punctum Books |year=2015 |pages=189 |language=Sq}}

In 1958 Memaliaj became famous for the newly established Coal Mine, which multiplied the coal profit of Albania by 64 times, in contrast with older mines of 1938.{{Cite book |last=Tiagunenko |title=Development of the Albanian Economy |publisher=U.S. Joint Publications Research Service |year=1961 |pages=23 |language=En}}

Notable people

References

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Category:Administrative units of Memaliaj

Category:Municipalities in Gjirokastër County

Category:Towns in Albania

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