Progonat

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Progonat is a

Kurvelesh municipality, Gjirokastër County, Albania. It is the largest village of upper Kurvelesh and until 1992 was the administrative center of the commune. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tepelenë.[1]

Name

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

History

First attested in the Ottoman register of 1432, the village at that time was documented to have six houses, but the population is considered to have been larger. Progonat was part of the

Devoll, while another group settled in the Albanian Riviera.[4]

Evliya Çelebi reports that the village had 160 houses in 1630.[5]

In 1847 the population

Lëkurës. In 1908 the club Arbëria was founded in Progonat by Shaqo Buxo and Arif Toto, local activists of the Albanian National Awakening. In 1910 the Ottoman authorities banned the organization, but it continued its activities covertly. In 1911-2 during the general revolt that led to the Albanian Declaration of Independence under Shaqo Buxo the Ottoman officials were again evicted.[4]

During the

Kozarë.[6]

Progonat sustained heavy damages during World War II as it was burnt several times. In July 1942 the National Liberation Movement (LANÇ) council of Progonat headed by Felek Lela and Musa Kërma was founded, followed by Communist and Anti-fascist Youth organizations. By the end of the year the village's 70-troop platoon had been also founded. The other major resistance organization founded its councils in 1943 under the leadership of Ismail Golemi. After World War II the village was rebuilt and the arable land expanded.[6]

Notable people

References

Notes:

  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. 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. ISBN 978-99956-720-0-3
    .
  4. ^ a b Enciklopedia e Kurveleshit p.134
  5. ^ Enciklopedia e Kurveleshit p.25
  6. ^ a b Enciklopedia e Kurveleshit p.135

Sources:

  • Meçaj, Nasip; Çelaj, Xhemil; Toçi, Fatmir (2009). Enciklopedi e Kurveleshit. TOENA.
    ISBN 978-99943-1-496-6
    .
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