Hoçisht

Hoçisht
Administrative Unit
Hoçisht
Coordinates: 40°36′N 20°55′E / 40.600°N 20.917°ECoordinates: 40°36′N 20°55′E / 40.600°N 20.917°E
Country	Albania
County	Korçë
Municipality	Devoll
Government
• Administrator	Ylli Cenkolli
Population (2011)
• Administrative Unit	4,461
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal Code	7009
Area Code	(0)874

Hoçisht is a village and a former municipality in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Devoll.^[1] The population at the 2011 census was 4,461.^[2] The municipal unit consists of the villages Hoçisht, Grace, Baban, Stropan, Eçmenik, Përparimaj, Grapsh, Çipan, Borsh, Bradvicë.^[3]

A Greek school was operating in the village of Hoçisht from the middle of the 19th century, until incorporation to the Albanian state, while the local Orthodox community had established a trust fund (called Lasso) for the well being of the locals.^[4] In the early 20th century the town of Hoçisht hosted additional Greek educational institutions, including primary and secondary schools for boys and girls, as well as a kindergarten.^[5]

In 1905, during the Struggle for Macedonia, Greek revolutionary, Nikolaos Dailakis, had his hideout near the town.^[6]

During the Socialist People's Republic of Albania the local church property was confiscated by the state. Today, from the 10 Christian churches in 1967 only 5 survive: Saint Nicholas, Saints Kosmas and Damian, Saint Constantine, Saint John and Saint Kyriake.^[4]

At present, a Greek language institution is functioning in the town, as part of a joint Greek-Albanian initiative.^[7]

References

1. Law nr. 115/2014
2. 2011 census results
3. Greece – Albania Neighbourhood Programme
4. Καρακίτσιος, Ελευθέριος (2003–2004). "Παλαίτυπα εκ Χοτσίτσης (Hocisht) Κορυτσάς της Βιβλιοθήκης Σωτηρίου Θ. Μπόρτση ή Κράλη" (PDF). Makedonika. 34.
5. Athina, Koltsida. "Η Εκπαίδευση στη Βόρεια Ήπειρο κατά την Ύστερη Περίοδο της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας [Education in Northern Epirus during the late Ottoman Empire]". Phd dissertation. University of Thessaloniki. p. 143. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
6. Douglas, Dakin (1993). The Greek struggle in Macedonia, 1897-1913. Balkan Studies Research Center. pp. 133, 254, 255.
7. Poverty in Albania : a qualitative assessment. Washington, DC: World Bank. 2002. p. 32. ISBN 9780821351093. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)