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Pirg is a village and a former municipality in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Maliq. The population at the 2011 census was 7,652. The municipal unit consists of the villages Pirg, Gurishtë, Zvirinë, Leminot, Qershizë, Kakaç, Shqitas, Veliternë, Sovjan, Novoselë and Bubuq. The etymology of this village comes from greek, meaning “Tower” in English. This means this village must’ve had an important tower, to be named as it.

Key facts

Settlement AL.type
mu
Settlement AL.official_name
Pirg
Settlement AL.image_skyline
Leminot reservoir lake.jpg
Settlement AL.image_caption
Leminot reservoir lake in Pirg
Settlement AL.county
Korçë
Settlement AL.municipality
Maliq
Settlement AL.population_as_of
2011
Settlement AL.population_unit
7652
Settlement AL.postal_code
7016
Settlement AL.area_code
(0)865

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Wikidata facts

Country
Albania
Located in
Korçë County
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Licence plate code
KO
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postal code
7016
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Pirg is a village and a former municipality in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Maliq. The population at the 2011 census was 7,652. The municipal unit consists of the villages Pirg, Gurishtë, Zvirinë, Leminot, Qershizë, Kakaç, Shqitas, Veliternë, Sovjan, Novoselë and Bubuq. The etymology of this village comes from greek, meaning “Tower” in English. This means this village must’ve had an important tower, to be named as it.

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pirg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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