Sheper

Sheper
Village
Sheper Village, winter of 2007
Sheper
Coordinates: 40°10′17″N 20°18′21″E / 40.17139°N 20.30583°ECoordinates: 40°10′17″N 20°18′21″E / 40.17139°N 20.30583°E
Country	Albania
County	Gjirokastër
Municipality	Libohovë
Administrative Unit	Zagori
Population
• Total	100 in winter, 400 in summer
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal Code	6012
Area Code	0883

Sheper (definite form: Sheperi) is a community in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania.^[1] Sheperi is the largest village of the former Zagori municipality. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Libohovë.^[2] It is mountainous village located 30 km from the city of Gjirokastër, about 800 meters above sea level. Due to heavy migration, its current population is about 100 inhabitants. Sheper is inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population.^[3]

Mountain Rapavica,viewed from Sheperi

Sunset in Sheper

Dhembeli,well-known mountain in Albania

Notable people

• Andon Zako Çajupi
• Ilia Dilo Sheperi, Rilindas
• Mihal Kasso
• Aristidh Ruci
• Pano Xhamballo, communist fighter, World War II hero
• Jani Dilo, Balli Kombetar local leader
• Kiço Ngjela, politician of the Communist Albania
• Jorgo Bulo, philologist, historian, literary critic

References

1. Location of Sheper
2. Law nr. 115/2014
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." In Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]. University of Athens. p. 34. "Στα πλαίσια της επιτόπιας έρευνας που πραγματοποιήσαμε στην Αλβανία (Νοέμβριος-Δεκέμβριος 1992), μελετήσαμε το ζήτημα των εθνοπολιτισμικών ομάδων, όπως αυτές συνειδητοποιούνται σήμερα επί τόπου. [As part of the fieldwork we held in Albania (November–December 1992), we studied the issue of ethnocultural groups, as they are realized today on the spot.]"; p. 51. "ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί, "; p.56 "SHEPERI ΣΕΠΕΡΗ. 253 ΑΧ".