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Melรงan
Village
Melรงan is located in Albania
Melรงan
Melรงan
Coordinates: 40ยฐ38โ€ฒ51โ€ณN 20ยฐ43โ€ฒ23โ€ณE๏ปฟ / ๏ปฟ40.64750ยฐN 20.72306ยฐE๏ปฟ / 40.64750; 20.72306
Country Albania
CountyKorรงรซ
MunicipalityKorรงรซ
Administrative unitQendรซr Bulgarec
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
ย โ€ขย Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Melรงan is a community in the Korรงรซ County, Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Korรงรซ.[2]

History

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During the 1920s, when the Bektashi Order and its headquarters in HacฤฑbektaลŸ, Turkey were banned, the tekke of Melรงan served as the first de facto headquarters of the Albanian Bektashi community until the World Headquarters of the Bektashi was officially set up in Tirana in 1930.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Location of Melรงan". Retrieved 2010-06-20.
  2. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp.ย 6372โ€“6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ Elsie, Robert (2019). The Albanian Bektashi: history and culture of a Dervish order in the Balkans. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBNย 978-1-78831-569-2. OCLCย 1108619669.


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