Picar

Picar
Administrative Unit
Picar
Coordinates: 40°10′N 20°3′E / 40.167°N 20.050°ECoordinates: 40°10′N 20°3′E / 40.167°N 20.050°E
Country	Albania
County	Gjirokastër
Municipality	Gjirokastër
Population (2011)
• Administrative Unit	937
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	GJ

Picar is a village and a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Gjirokastër.^[1] The population at the 2011 census was 937.^[2] The municipal unit consists of the villages Picar, Shtëpëz, Kolonjë, Golem and Kaparjel ^[3] which are all inhabited by Bektashi Albanians.^[4]

Notable people

• Çelo Picari, one of the leaders of the Albanian Revolt of 1847

References

1. Law nr. 115/2014
2. 2011 census results
3. Greece – Albania Neighbourhood Programme
4. Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "Η ελληνική κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το πρίσμα της ιστορικής γεωγραφίας και δημογραφίας [The Greek Community of Albania in terms of historical geography and demography." In Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]. University of Athens. p. 51. "AM Αλβανοί Μουσουλμάνοι" p.56. "PICARI ΠΙΤΣΑΡΙ 1144 ΑΜ; SHTEPEZ ΣΤΕΠΕΖΙ 361 ΑΜ; KOLONJA ΚΟΛΟΝΙΑ 737 ΑΜ; KAPARJEL ΚΑΠΑΡΙΕΛΙ 133 ΑΜ; GOLEM ΓΚΟΛΕΜΙ 926 ΑΜ"