Sopik, Dropull
Sopik
Σωπική | |
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.svg)  Sopik Location within Albania | |
| Coordinates: 40°5′10″N 20°24′46″E / 40.08611°N 20.41278°E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Gjirokastër |
| Municipality | Dropull |
| Administrative unit | Pogon |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal Code | 6007[1] |
Sopik (Albanian definite form: Sopiku, Greek: Σωπική) is a settlement in Gjirokastër County, southeastern Albania.[2] It is part of the former commune of Pogon. After the 2015 local government reform, it became part of the municipality of Dropull.[3] A secondary border crossing point with Greece is situated near Sopik.
Name
[edit]The toponym Sopik is derived from either the Bulgarian word сoп, sop meaning 'hill, elevation' or the Serbian word сoп, sop meaning 'waterfall' with the suffix ик, ik.[4]
Demographics
[edit]Sopik is a Greek speaking village.[5] Inhabitants are Christians and the population was 499 in 1992.[6] According to a 2014 report by the Albanian government, there were 670 Greeks in the village.[7] Inhabitants who migrated from Sopik went to Athens in Greece.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Kodi Postar, Qarku Gjirokastër" [Postal Code, Gjirokastër County] (PDF). Posta Shqiptare. 2017.
- ↑ Sopik Location
- ↑ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ↑ 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. 169. ISBN 9783876907727. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2022.
- ↑ Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1967). Epirus. The Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and the Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas. Clarendon P. p. 29. ISBN 9780198142539.
seven Greek-speaking villages nearly 3,000 ft. above sea-level (Poliçan, Skorë, Hlomo, Sopik
- ↑ 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. 57. ISBN 9789600800548. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2025.
- ↑ "Fourth Report submitted by Albania pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Albania. p. 98. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ↑ Sintès, Pierre (2010). La raison du mouvement. Territoires et réseaux de migrants albanais en Grèce [The reason for movement: Territories and networks of Albanian migrants in Greece] (in French). Karthala. p. 410. ISBN 9782811103903.
Subdivisions of Dropull municipality | ||
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Municipal seat: Dropull | ||
| Administrative unit of Dropull i Poshtëm |  | |
| Administrative unit of Dropull i Sipërm | ||
| Administrative unit of Pogon | ||
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