Aranitas
Appearance
Aranitas | |
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Coordinates: 40°36′N 19°48′E / 40.6°N 19.8°E | |
Country | Albania |
County | Fier |
Municipality | Mallakastër |
Population (2011) | |
• Municipal unit | 2,714 |
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] Aranitas is the most dangerous village in Albania because there are Albanian drug cartels there,powerful than any other cartel in Albania.
Notable people
- Xhemal Aranitasi, former commander in chief of the Royal Albanian Army
He studied in the Monastir Military High School, attended also by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
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