Vagalat

Vagalat
Βαγγαλάτι
Village
Vagalat is located in Albania
Vagalat
Vagalat
Coordinates: 39°45′32.27″N 20°6′58.83″E / 39.7589639°N 20.1163417°E / 39.7589639; 20.1163417
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalityFiniq
Municipal unitLivadhe
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Vagalat (Albanian definite form: Vagalati, Greek: Βαγγαλάτι) is a village in the former commune of Livadhe, Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality of Finiq.[1]

Name

Its name contains the Albanian suffix -at, widely used to form toponyms from personal names and surnames.[2][3]

History

A fortress was erected on the site of Vagalat during the Hellenistic times as part of the fortification network of Chaonia,[4] the later being inhabited by ancient Greek populations.[5]

Demographics

The Ottoman defter of 1582 for the Sanjak of Delvina provides records for the village of Vagalat. A significant portion of the anthroponyms recorded in the register belonged to the Albanian onomastic sphere, including personal names such as Bos, Dedë, Dodë, Gjergj, Gjin, Gjokë, Gjon, Lalë, Lekë, Muzhak, and others. However, more ambiguous or general Christian anthroponyms that were historically used by both Albanian and non-Albanian groups are also attested. In Vagalat, half of the population recorded bore either an Albanian personal name or patronym. These figures do not take into account kinship ties shared between individuals bearing typical Albanian anthroponymy and those bearing more ambiguous names, and also do not include those bearing names that can be etymologically explained through Albanian (e.g., Bardhi, Buzmiri, Buzuku). As such the ethnic Albanian element must have represented a larger proportion. [6]

A 1993 study by Leonidas Kallivretakis estimated that the total population of the village was 1058, all of them part of the Greek community in Albania.[7]

Vagalat is among the villages in which members of the ethnic Greek minority reside and are recognized as such by the Albanian authorities.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ Çabej, Eqerem (1976). Studime gjuhësore: Hyrje në historinë e gjuhës shqipe. Fonetika historike. Parashtesat. Biblioteka Linguistikë (in Albanian). Rilindja. p. 210. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  3. ^ Dhrimo, Ali (2008). Për shqipen dhe shqiptarët. Për shqipen dhe shqiptarët. Infbotues. p. 425. ISBN 978-99956-720-0-3.
  4. ^ Sandro De Maria - Julian Bogdani - Enrico Giorgi (2017). "RICERCA E TUTELA IN UN TERRITORIO DI FRONTIERA. L'EPIRO DEL NORD FRA ETÀ ELLENISTICA E PRESENZA DI ROMA". Paesaggi Mediterranei di Età Romana: 55. doi:10.4475/835. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  5. ^ Zindel, Christian; Lippert, Andreas; Lahi, Bashkim; Kiel, Machiel (2018). Albanien: Ein Archäologie- und Kunstführer von der Steinzeit bis ins 19. Jahrhundert (in German). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 37. ISBN 9783205200109. Chaonien im Suden gehorte zum Stamm des (griechischen) Epiroten.
  6. ^ Gjergji, Andromaqi (1987). "Disa të dhëna per popullsinë e zones së delvinës në shek. XVI". Kultura Popullore. 07 (01al): 195–7.
  7. ^ Καλλιβρετάκης, Λεωνίδας (1995), Η ελληνική κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το πρίσμα της ιστορικής γεωγραφίας και δημογραφίας, p. 52, ISBN 978-960-08-0054-8, retrieved 2021-02-12
  8. ^ Kouzas, Ioannis (2013). "The Greek-Albanian Relations (1990-2010)" (in Greek). Δημοκρίτειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θράκης (ΔΠΘ). Σχολή Νομική. Τμήμα Νομικής. Τομέας Διεθνών Σπουδών: 93–95. doi:10.12681/eadd/33128. Retrieved 18 February 2021. Από τις αλβανικές αρχές επίσημα αναγνωρίζονται ως ελληνικά τα παρακάτω χωριά... {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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