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{{Infobox Albanian place | name = Çepo | type = mu | flag = | emblem = | image_skyline = | image_caption = | map = | location = | county = Gjirokastër | municipality = [[Gjirokastër]] | municunit = | parts = | settled = | incorporated = | dissolved = | mayor = | prefect = | administrator = | coordinates = {{coord|40|7|N|20|5|E|type:adm1st_region:AL_dim:100000|display=inline,title}} | elevation = | area total = | area rank = | population as of = 2011 | population total = 1727 | population rank = | demonym = | postal code = 6009<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|year=2017|title=Kodi Postar, Qarku Gjirokastër|trans-title=Postal Code, Gjirokastër County|url=https://www.postashqiptare.al/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Gjirokaster.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322001901/https://www.postashqiptare.al/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Gjirokaster.pdf |archive-date=2020-03-22 |access-date=|website=[[Posta Shqiptare]]}}</ref> | area code = | website = }}

'''Çepo''' is a municipal administrative units, formerly known as [[Communes of Albania|communes]] in the [[Gjirokastër County]], southern [[Albania]]. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality [[Gjirokastër]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vendime.al/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/137-2014.pdf |title=Law nr. 115/2014 |language=sq |pages=6371|access-date=25 February 2022 }}</ref> The municipal unit administrative center is [[Palokastër]] village and it consists on 10 other villages which are: [[Fushëbardhë]], [[Zhulat]], Taroninë, Mashkullorë, Çepun, Kodër, Plesat, [[Kardhiq]], [[Prongji]] and [[Humelicë]].<ref>[http://www.interreg.gr/inst/interreg/gallery/File/Programmes/Greece%20-%20Albania/Simpliroma%20Programmatismou/EN/18-12-07_Programme_Complement_GREECE%20ALBANIA.doc Greece – Albania Neighbourhood Programme] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327014915/http://www.interreg.gr/inst/interreg/gallery/File/Programmes/Greece%20-%20Albania/Simpliroma%20Programmatismou/EN/18-12-07_Programme_Complement_GREECE%20ALBANIA.doc |date=March 27, 2012 }}</ref>

==History== In 1185 the seat of the [[Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] bishopric of [[Dryinopolis]] was moved to Çepo until 1395 when it was transferred to Argyrokastron (modern [[Gjirokastër]]).<ref>{{cite journal|last=Giakoumis|first=Georgios|script-title=el:Δύο Πρώιμα Μετα-Βυζαντινά Μνημεία και ο Ζωγραφικός τους Διάκοσμος στο Πωγώνι [Two Early Post-Byzantine Monuments and their Internal Environment in Pogoni] |publisher=[[University of Ioannina]]|access-date=16 December 2014|page=19|year=2009 |doi=10.12681/eadd/25277|hdl=10442/hedi/25277|language=Greek|format=pdf|url=http://phdtheses.ekt.gr/eadd/handle/10442/25277?locale=en|url-access=subscription}} (''PhD Thesis'')</ref> In medieval times, [[Zhulat]] was the home of Papa Zhuli, as well as [[Fushëbardhë]], he was a Catholic priest who is credited for the ''[[Kanun (Albania)|Kanun]]'' of [[Laberia|Labëria]].<ref name="Elsie">{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aAtQZ0vjf5gC&q=papa+zhulie&pg=PA149| author=Robert Elsie| pages=146, 149–150| title=A Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology, and Folk Culture| publisher=NYU Press| date=December 1, 2000| isbn=978-0814722145}}</ref><ref>R. Zojzi The Code of Labëria ({{lang|sq|"Kanuni i Labërisë" Tirana}} (Institute of Folk Culture Archives)</ref><ref>{{cite book| author=I.Elezi| title=E drejta zakonore e Labërisë ne planin krahasues| publisher=Shtëpia Botuese "Libri Universitar"| year=1994| isbn=9780814722145| oclc= 50645979}}</ref> He moved there from this region.

==Demographics== The population at the 2011 census was 1,727, while in the civil registers of the same year the population had a total of 6,702 inhabitants. In 2018, referring to the same civil registry, the population had a slight decline, counting a total population of 6,224.<ref name=census11>{{Cite web |url=http://www.instat.gov.al/media/195823/6__gjirokaster.pdf# |title=2011 census results |access-date=2015-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053713/http://www.instat.gov.al/media/195823/6__gjirokaster.pdf# |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Gjirokastra's communes|url=http://www.observator.org.al/odf2/komunat_gjirokaster-en.html|access-date=2021-02-14|website=www.observator.org.al}}</ref> The ethnic population of Çepo is [[Albanians|Albanian]], the Albanians of Çepo speak the [[Tosk Albanian|Tosk]] dialect of the [[Albanian language|Albanian]] language. Historically speaking, Çepo had a mixed [[Muslims|Muslim]] and [[Christians|Christian]] ([[Albanian Orthodox Church|Orthodox]]) population, with greater numbers of Muslims. [[Humelicë|Humelica]] was inhabited by a historically Christian population, [[Fushëbardhë]] and [[Zhulat]] were inhabited by historically Muslim populations, and much of the rest of the commune is of mixed historical confession.<ref name= Kallivretakis>Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "[http://helios-eie.ekt.gr/EIE/handle/10442/8696 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. 51.</ref> In the 2011 census, a plurality (44.72%) the population did not identify with one of Albania's four major denominations, while of the major four, Çepo had 42.79% Muslims, 9.44% Orthodox, 2.2% [[Bektashism in Albania|Bektashi]], and 1.85% [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/albania-religion-comm2011.htm|title = Religious composition of Albania 2011}}</ref>

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[[Category:Former municipalities in Gjirokastër County]] [[Category:Administrative units of Gjirokastër]]