Selckë
village in Gjirokastër, Albania
Selckë is a small village in the former Pogon municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dropull. In the early 1990s, the village was inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian majority and an Aromanian minority, while in the 2010s a Greek community is also recorded.
Name
The name of the settlement Selckë is formed from the Slavic word for village Selo and the suffix ci referring to a resident's name. The current name was derived either from the Slavic form Selbska, with a sound change of s to c or from the Slavic Sel'ce with the addition of the suffix ka. In Aromanian the village is known as Selitskã and in Greek as Σέλτση.
Geography
The village lies on the slopes of Mount Nemërçkë. Selckë is considered as the southernmost village of the Lunxhëri region. In terms of current Albanian administration Selckë is part of the Pogon municipal unit.
History
In late Ottoman period, Selckë was the only Albanian speaking village in the kaza (subdistrict) of Pogon.
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