Rrethinat is a former municipality in the Shkodër County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Shkodër.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 21,199.[2]
Rrethinat | |
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Rrethinat | |
Coordinates: 42°7′N 19°31′E / 42.117°N 19.517°E | |
Country | Albania |
County | Shkodër |
Municipality | Shkodër |
Population (2011) | |
• Municipal unit | 21,199 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
During the early 2010s linguists Klaus Steinke and Xhelal Ylli seeking to corroborate villages cited in past literature as being Slavic speaking carried out fieldwork in settlements of the area.[3] Shtoj i Ri and Shtoj i Vjetër in the Shkodër area are two of a number of villages with a Slavophone population that speak a Montenegrin dialect.[3] The village of Shtoj i Ri has a compact population of 17 Muslim Podgoriçani families, while Shtoj i Vjetër has a compact population of 30 Muslim Podgoriçani families.[4]