Memaliaj

Memaliaj is a town and a municipality in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Buz, Krahës, Luftinjë, Memaliaj, Memaliaj Fshat and Qesarat, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Memaliaj. The total population is 10,657 (2011 census), in a total area of . The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 2,647. It is entirely populated by Albanians, both Muslim Bektashis and Eastern Orthodox Christians. The dialect of Albanian spoken in the region is Tosk.

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Settlement (Albanian).type: m
Settlement (Albanian).name: Memaliaj
Settlement (Albanian).emblem: Stema e Bashkisë Memaliaj.svg
Settlement (Albanian).skyline: Memaliaj_(Albania).jpg
Settlement (Albanian).county: Gjirokastër
Settlement (Albanian).mayor: Albert Malaj
Settlement (Albanian).party: BF
Settlement (Albanian).elevation: 130
Settlement (Albanian).area munic: 372.30
Settlement (Albanian).population as of: 2011
Settlement (Albanian).population munic: 10657
Settlement (Albanian).population unit: 2647
Settlement (Albanian).postal code: 6302
Settlement (Albanian).area code: (0)885

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Population: 4951
Elevation: 130
Image: Memaliaj (Albania).jpg

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postal code: 6302
Commons category: Memaliaj

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==History== In 2 December of 1942 in Memaliaj under the supervision of the Albanian National Liberation Council was founded the first National Liberation Committee of Tepelenë.