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Tregan

Tregan is a village and a former municipality in the Elbasan County, central Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Elbasan. The population at the 2011 census was 3,036. The municipal unit consists of the villages Blerimas, Bizhdan, Çikallesh, Gurisht, Kaçivel, Kyçyk, Muçan, Shinavlash, Shilbater, Trepsenisht, Tudan and Tregan. A small inhabited place in this village is called Cekrezi, which is the Albanian name for Circassians. Circassians would have inhabited this region after the Circassian genocide. Since then they are either fully assimilated into Albanians or have migrated else where.

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Tregan
Administrative unit
Tregan
Coordinates: 41°2′N 20°4′E / 41.033°N 20.067°E / 41.033; 20.067
Country Albania
CountyElbasan
MunicipalityElbasan
Population
 (2011)
 • Administrative unit
3,036
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Tregan is a village and a former municipality in the Elbasan County, central Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Elbasan.1 The population at the 2011 census was 3,036.2 The municipal unit consists of the villages Blerimas, Bizhdan, Çikallesh, Gurisht, Kaçivel, Kyçyk, Muçan, Shinavlash, Shilbater, Trepsenisht, Tudan and Tregan.3 A small inhabited place in this village is called Cekrezi, which is the Albanian name for Circassians. Circassians would have inhabited this region after the Circassian genocide. Since then they are either fully assimilated into Albanians or have migrated else where.

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References

  1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6368–6369. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. 2011 census results Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Population data on Elbasan County website