# Nivan

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For places in Iran, see [Nivan, Iran (disambiguation)](/source/Nivan,_Iran_(disambiguation)).

**Nivan** is a populated place in [Gjirokastër County](/source/Gjirokast%C3%ABr_County), southern [Albania](/source/Albania). At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality [Libohovë](/source/Libohov%C3%AB).[1] Nivan is the administration center for the valley of [Zagori](/source/Zagori,_Albania). After 1990 Nivan and all the villages of the valley, had a drastic population decrease.

## Demographics

Nivan is inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population and some [Aromanian](/source/Aromanians) families.[2][3] The Aromanian presence in Nivan dates to the 20th century when during the communist era in Albania they settled in the area.[3]

## References

1. ["Law nr. 115/2014"](https://www.vendime.al/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/137-2014.pdf) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

1. 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](http://helios-eie.ekt.gr/EIE/handle/10442/8696)." 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 "NIVANI ΝΙΒΑΝΉ. 130 ΑΧ".

1. Kahl, Thede (1999). *Ethnizität und räumliche Verbreitung der Aromunen in Südosteuropa*. Universität Münster: Institut für Geographie der Westfälischen Wilhelms. ISBN 3-9803935-7-7. p. 133. R. Rrămăn (Aromunen mit der Eigenbezeichnung Rrămăn = Farscheroten, Arvanitovlachen)"; p. 146. "Nivan... einige familie R; zu kommunischtischer Zeit angesiedelte aromunische Bevölkerungsgruppen aus südostalbanischen Gebirgen und aus Greichenland."

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