Lekël

Village in Gjirokastër, Albania

40°15′22″N 20°4′46″E / 40.25611°N 20.07944°E / 40.25611; 20.07944Country

AlbaniaCountyGjirokastërMunicipalityTepelenëMunicipal unitQendër TepelenëTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Lekël (Albanian definite form: Lekli) is a community in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania.^[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tepelenë.^[2]

Lekël was one of the Albanian Christian villages in the possession of the House of Moutzohoussates (Albanian: Muçohysaj), the ancestral house of Ali Pasha.^[3]

Warm-summer Mediterranean climate predominates in this area.^[4]

Notable people

Anastas Byku, publisher of the bilingual Albanian-Greek Pellazgos magazine in 1860–1861 in Lamia, Greece
Gjergj Suli (1893–1948), Albanian Orthodox cleric and martyr
Georgios Vagias, Greek army general
Thanasis Vagias (1765–1834), general, counselor, and confidant of Ali Pasha

References

^ "Location of Lekël". Retrieved 2010-06-20.
^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ Skiotis, Dennis N. (July 1971). "From Bandit to Pasha: First steps in the Rise to Power of Ali of Tepelen, 1750–17841". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 2 (3): 226. doi:10.1017/S0020743800001112. ISSN 1471-6380. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-12-01.