Pepel, Dropull
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Pepel
Πέπελη | |
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| Country |  Albania |
| County | Gjirokastër |
| Municipality | Dropull |
| Elevation | 500 m (1,600 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www.pepeli.gr |
Pepel (Albanian definite form: Pepeli, Greek: Πέπελη; romanized: Pépeli) is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Dropull.[2]
Holy Trinity Monastery Church is located within the village, a Religious Cultural Monument of Albania.[3]
Name
[edit | edit source]The placename Pepel is from a term that refers to clearing and is derived from the Bulgarian word пепел, pepel meaning ash and a y sound at the end of the toponym which through Albanian condensed from l and y into l.[4]
Demographics
[edit | edit source]According to Ottoman statistics, the village had 392 inhabitants in 1895.[5] The village is inhabited by Greeks and the population was 505 in 1992.[6]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]Subdivisions of Dropull municipality | ||
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Municipal seat: Dropull | ||
| Administrative unit of Dropull i Poshtëm |  | |
| Administrative unit of Dropull i Sipërm | ||
| Administrative unit of Pogon | ||