Coordinates: 40°10′17″N 20°18′21″E / 40.17139°N 20.30583°E / 40.17139; 20.30583

Sheper

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Sheper
Sheper Village, winter of 2007
Sheper Village, winter of 2007
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CountryFile:Flag of Albania.svg Albania
CountyGjirokastër
MunicipalityLibohovë
Administrative unitZagori
Elevation
900 m (3,000 ft)
Population
 • Total
100 in winter 400 in summer
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code
6012
Area Code0883

Sheper (definite form: Sheperi) is a community in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania.[1] Sheperi is the largest village of the former Zagori municipality. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Libohovë.[2] It is mountain village located 30 km from the city of Gjirokastër, about 900 meters above sea level. Due to heavy migration, its current population is about 100 inhabitants.[citation needed] Sheper is inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population.[3]

Demographics

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Sheper is inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population and some Aromanian families.[3][4] The Aromanian presence in Sheper dates to the 20th century when during the communist era in Albania they settled in the area.[4]

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Mountain Rapavica,viewed from Sheperi
File:Sunset in Sheper.jpg
Sunset in Sheper
File:Dhembeli mountain.jpg
Dhëmbëli,well-known mountain in Albania

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ Location of Sheper
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  3. ^ a b 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. 34. "Στα πλαίσια της επιτόπιας έρευνας που πραγματοποιήσαμε στην Αλβανία (Νοέμβριος-Δεκέμβριος 1992), μελετήσαμε το ζήτημα των εθνοπολιτισμικών ομάδων, όπως αυτές συνειδητοποιούνται σήμερα επί τόπου. [As part of the fieldwork we held in Albania (November–December 1992), we studied the issue of ethnocultural groups, as they are realized today on the spot.]"; p. 51. "ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί, "; p.56 "SHEPERI ΣΕΠΕΡΗ. 253 ΑΧ".
  4. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). p. 133. R. Rrămăn (Aromunen mit der Eigenbezeichnung Rrămăn = Farscheroten, Arvanitovlachen)"; p. 146. "Sheper... einige familie R; zu kommunischtischer Zeit angesiedelte aromunische Bevölkerungsgruppen aus südostalbanischen Gebirgen und aus Greichenland."