Koshovicë
village in Albania
Koshovicë (Albanian definite form: Koshovica; Greek: Κοσοβίτσα/Κοσσοβίτσα; romanized: Kosovítsa/Kossovítsa) is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Dropull.
St. Mary's Monastery Church, located within the village, is a Religious Cultural Monument of Albania.
Name
The placename Koshovicë has several possible origins. The Slavic word кос, kos for the common blackbird and the suffix form ов-иц-а, ov-its-a with a sound change of s into sh through Old Albanian. Other derivations are from the Bulgarian word кош, kosh for 'basket' with the suffix form -ob+-иц-а, -ov+its-a giving a meaning of 'woven', or the toponym is formed from a personal name Кошо, Kosho.
Demographics
According to Ottoman statistics, the village had 188 inhabitants in 1895. The village is inhabited by Greeks and the population was 864 in 1992.
History
Following the demarcation of the Albanian–Greek border, Koshovicë became part of Albania, and the shacks used by its farmers as warehouses for products or makeshift shelters, were located in Greece at a place called Agia Marina, which later became the name of the small village.
“Koshovicë” enters the record as village in Albania. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Koshovicë, village and Albania can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16360361. Authority coordinates are 39.818, 20.407. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2015, 1895 and 1992.
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