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Malësi e Madhe Municipality in Shkodër, Albania

Malësi e Madhe is a municipality in Shkodër County, northwestern Albania. It was created in 2015 by the merger of the former municipalities Gruemirë, Kastrat, Kelmend, Koplik, Qendër and Shkrel. The seat of the municipality is the town Koplik. The total population is 30,823, in a total area of 1069.91 km2. It is coterminous with the former Malësi e Madhe District.

Bajzë Town in Shkodër, Albania

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House of Kastrioti noble family

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Kastrat (municipality) Municipal unit in Shkodër, Albania

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Hot, Albania Village in Shkodër, Albania

Hot is a settlement in the former Kastrat Municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Malësi e Madhe. It has a population of 1,473.

Aliaj Village in Shkodër, Albania

Aliaj is a settlement in the former Kastrat Municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Malësi e Madhe. It has a population of 1,033.

Bratosh Village in Shkodër, Albania

Bratosh is a settlement in the former Kastrat Municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Malësi e Madhe. It has a population of 530.

Goraj, Albania Village in Shkodër, Albania

Goraj is a settlement in the former Kastrat Municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Malësi e Madhe. It has a population of 693.

Gradec, Shkodër Village in Shkodër, Albania

Gradec is a settlement in the former Kastrat Municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Malësi e Madhe. It has a population of 738.

Ivanaj Village in Shkodër, Albania

Ivanaj is a settlement in the former Kastrat Municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Malësi e Madhe. It has a population of 789.

Jeran, Albania Village in Shkodër, Albania

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Kastrat (settlement) Village in Shkodër, Albania

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Pjetroshan Village in Shkodër, Albania

Pjetroshan is a settlement in the former Kastrat Municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Malësi e Madhe. It has a population of 1,216.

Rrapshë Village in Shkodër, Albania

Rrapshë is a settlement in the former Kastrat Municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Malësi e Madhe. It has a population of 813.

Vukpalaj Village in Shkodër, Albania

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Çun Mula (1818-1896) was the bajraktar ("flag-bearer") of the Hoti tribe and an Albanian freedom fighter. His family, the Lucgjonaj, descended from the Junçaj family of Hoti. According to the Code of Lekë Dukagjini, Çun Mula's family was put in charge of the Malësia tribes, leading them bravely and faithfully in the many wars against Serbo-Montenegrin and Ottoman forces.

Gradec is the name of three villages in Albania: