Bujan

Bujan

Bujan

Municipal unit in Kukës, Albania

For other uses, see Bujan (disambiguation).

Bujan is a village and a former municipality in the Kukës County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tropojë.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 2,550.[2] It is part of the Highlands of Gjakova, an ethnographic region of Albanian and Kosovo, and is known for hosting the 1943 Bujan Conference.

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A kulla in Bujan

Bujan is part of Krasniqe tribal territory.

Etymology

According to Eqrem Çabej, the etymology of the village derives from a term referring to a "pond with a lot of water", but due to the location of the village, the etymology may have to do with the Albanian term bujë.[3]

Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. [2]
    2011 census results Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    Sulaj, Avdyl (2010). "ONOMASTIKA E TROPOJËS". Albanological Research - Philological Sciences Series (40): 91.


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