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Menkulas

Coordinates: 40°32′N 20°57′E / 40.533°N 20.950°E / 40.533; 20.950
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Menkulas
Menkulas is located in Albania
Menkulas
Menkulas
Coordinates: 40°32′N 20°57′E / 40.533°N 20.950°E / 40.533; 20.950
Country Albania
CountyKorçë
MunicipalityDevoll
Municipal unitMiras
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Menkulas is a small village of about 1,000 inhabitants in the Korçë County, Albania. In the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Devoll.[1] The inhabitants of Menkulas are all Albanian Muslims and some adhere to the Bektashi sect. The population of Menkulas speak Albanian in the Tosk dialect. [2]

The mainstay of the local economy is agriculture.

Notable people

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Dritëro Agolli (1931–2017), an Albanian poet, writer and politician

References

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  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6372–6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ De Rapper, Gilles (2008). "Religion in post-communist Albania: Muslims, Christians and the concept of 'culture' (Devoll, South Albania)" (PDF). Anthropological Notebooks. 14 (2): 37. "the Muslim village of Menkulas"