Melçan
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Melçan | |
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.svg)  Melçan | |
| Coordinates: 40°38′51″N 20°43′23″E / 40.64750°N 20.72306°E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Korçë |
| Municipality | Korçë |
| Municipal unit | Qendër Bulgarec |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Melçan is a community in the Korçë County, Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Korçë.[2]
History
[edit]During the 1920s, when the Bektashi Order and its headquarters in Hacıbektaş, Turkey were banned, the tekke of Melçan served as the first de facto headquarters of the Albanian Bektashi community until the World Headquarters of the Bektashi was officially set up in Tirana in 1930.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Location of Melçan". Retrieved 2010-06-20.
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6372–6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Elsie, Robert (2019). The Albanian Bektashi: history and culture of a Dervish order in the Balkans. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-78831-569-2. OCLC 1108619669.
Subdivisions of Korçë municipality | ||
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Municipal seat: Korçë | ||
| Administrative unit of Drenovë |
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| Administrative unit of Korçë | ||
| Administrative unit of Lekas |
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| Administrative unit of Mollaj | ||
| Administrative unit of Qendër Bulgarec | ||
| Administrative unit of Vithkuq | ||
| Administrative unit of Voskop | ||
| Administrative unit of Voskopojë |
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