Dukat, Albania

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Dukat
Village
Albania, road SH8 Sarande-Vlore 8.jpg
Dukat is located in Albania
Dukat
Dukat
Coordinates: 40°15′2″N 19°34′2″E / 40.25056°N 19.56722°E / 40.25056; 19.56722Coordinates: 40°15′2″N 19°34′2″E / 40.25056°N 19.56722°E / 40.25056; 19.56722
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalityVlorë
Municipal unitOrikum
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Dukat is a community of the Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Vlorë.[1]

History[]

During the Vlora war forces from Dukat participated in the Albanian side and freed the village from Italian occupation.

World War II[]

During World War II Dukat was part of the battlefield of the battle of Gjorm, where Albanian resistance units defeated and routed the troops of the Kingdom of Italy.[2]

Demographics[]

Dukat is mixed, inhabited 73% by Orthodox Christians and 21% by Muslims and the whole village speaks Albanian.[3] It is home to the Church of Marmiroi, a medieval church and Dervish Ali's Towers

References[]

  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  2. ^ Pearson, Owen (2006). Albania in Occupation and War: From Fascism to Communism 1940-1945. I.B.Tauris. p. 230. ISBN 1-84511-104-4.
  3. ^ Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1967). Epirus: the Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 126. "Dukat, which is majority Christian and minority Mohammedan, but entirely Albanian in speech"

External links[]

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