Shulin, Albania
Shulin
Шулин, Diellas | |
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| Coordinates: 40°48′08″N 20°54′38″E / 40.8022°N 20.9106°E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Korçë |
| Municipality | Pustec |
| Municipal unit | Pustec |
| Population (2000) | |
• Total | 502 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Shulin (Template:Lang-mk), formerly known officially as Diellas, is a village southeast of Lake Prespa in the Pustec Municipality of the Korçë County, Albania.[1]
Demographics
According to a survey by Georgi Trajčev in 1911 and 1912, Diellas had 23 houses and 375 residents.[2]
A 2007 estimate put the village population in the range of 600 to 650 people.[3]
In 2013, the village's official name was changed back from "Diellas" to "Shulin", the Macedonian name.[4]
People from Shulin
- Takjo Grozdani,[5] Macedonian Party member
Dialect
Although Shulin is located in modern-day Korçë County, the village traiditionally belongs to the Lower Prespa region, and therefore its inhabitants speak the Lower Prespa dialect rather than the neighbouring Korča dialect of the Macedonian language.
References
- ^ Law nr. 115/2014
- ^ Трайчев, Георги. Български селища в днешна Албания, в: Отецъ Паисий, 15-31 юли 1929 година, стр.212.
- ^ Бело, Раки. Селищни имена в Мала Преска - Албания, в: Македонски преглед, ХХХ, №3, стр.135.
- ^ "Pas Pustecit, edhe 7 fshatra të Korçës me emertime maqedonase" (in Albanian). Info Arkiv. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ :: СМК - Светски Македонски конгрес - Официјална WEB страница ::
Subdivisions of Pustec municipality | ||
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Municipal seat: Pustec | ||
| Administrative unit of Pustec |
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