Picar

{{Infobox settlement AL |type = mu |official_name = Picar |image_flag = |image_shield = |image_skyline = |image_caption = |image_location = |county = Gjirokastër |municipality = [[Gjirokastër]] |leader_name = |leader_party = |coordinates = {{coord|40|10|N|20|3|E|type:adm1st_region:AL_dim:100000|display=inline,title}} |elevation = |elevation_min = |elevation_max = |area_total = |population_as_of = 2011 |population_unit = 937 |postal_code = |area_code = |website = }} '''Picar''' is a village and a former municipality 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 population at the 2011 census was 937.<ref name=census11>[http://www.instat.gov.al/media/195823/6__gjirokaster.pdf 2011 census results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053713/http://www.instat.gov.al/media/195823/6__gjirokaster.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref> The municipal unit consists of the villages Picar, Shtëpëz, [[Kolonjë, Gjirokastër|Kolonjë]], Golem and Kaparjel <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=2012-03-27 }}</ref> which are all inhabited by [[Bektashi]] [[Albanians]].<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. "AM Αλβανοί Μουσουλμάνοι" p.56. "PICARI ΠΙΤΣΑΡΙ 1144 ΑΜ; SHTEPEZ ΣΤΕΠΕΖΙ 361 ΑΜ; KOLONJA ΚΟΛΟΝΙΑ 737 ΑΜ; KAPARJEL ΚΑΠΑΡΙΕΛΙ 133 ΑΜ; GOLEM ΓΚΟΛΕΜΙ 926 ΑΜ"</ref>

==Notable people== *[[Çelo Picari]], one of the leaders of the [[Albanian Revolt of 1847]].

==References== <references/>

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