Aranitas
Appearance
Aranitas | |
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Coordinates: 40°36′N 19°48′E / 40.600°N 19.800°E | |
Country | ![]() |
County | Fier |
Municipality | Mallakastër |
Population (2017) | |
• Municipal unit | 351 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Aranitas is a village and a former municipality in the Fier County, southwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Mallakastër.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 2,714.[2] The name is derived from the Arianiti family, an Albanian noble family in the late Middle Ages.
Notable people
- Xhemal Aranitasi, former commander in chief of the Royal Albanian Army, studied in the Monastir Military High School
- Ali Shametaj, Albanian folk singer
- Arjan Bozhaj, Albanian Police Director (the highest rank in Albanian police)
- Yzedin Bozhaj, Albanian important engineer and contractor
References
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
- ^ "2011 census results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-25.