Haskovë

Haskovë
Χάσκοβο
Haskovë
Coordinates: 40°0′19″N 20°11′46″E / 40.00528°N 20.19611°E / 40.00528; 20.19611
Country Albania
CountyGjirokastër
MunicipalityDropull
Elevation
252 m (827 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Haskovë (Albanian definite form: Haskova, Greek: Χάσκοβο) is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Dropull.[1]

Name

The toponym Haskovë is derived from either a hybrid formation from the Turkish Has köy meaning 'royal village' and the suffix -ov-a or from a Slavic personal name Аско, Asko and the suffix -ов-а, -ov-a.[2]

Demographics

The village is inhabited by Greeks and the population was 331 in 1992.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997). Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen. Teil 2: Ortsnamen [Slavic Loan Material in Albanian. Part 2: Placenames] (PDF) (in German). Verlag Otto Sagner. p. 120. ISBN 9783876907727. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2022.
  3. ^ 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] (PDF). In Veremis, Thanos; Kouloumpis, Thodoros; Nikolakopoulos, Ilias (eds.). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [Hellenism of Albania] (in Greek). Ekdoseis Sideris. p. 58. ISBN 9789600800548. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2025.