Orosh

Orosh
Municipal unit
Orosh
Coordinates: 41°51′N 20°4′E
Country	Albania
County	Lezhë
Municipality	Mirditë
Population  (2023[1])
• Municipal unit	900
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Orosh (or Albanian: Oroshi) is a small village in Mirditë within the county of Lezhë in the northwest of the Republic of Albania.[2] Geographically, it is located inside the mountainous region of northern Albania in the Valley of Fan.

The seat of the former municipality was the town of Reps. The former Orosh Abbey was located in the municipality. Terenzio Tocci gathered the Mirdita chieftains on April 26, 1911, in Orosh, proclaimed the independence of Albania, raised the flag of Albania and established the provisional government.[3][4][5]

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  Malet e Shenjtit close to Orosh
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  The new church of Orosh
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  The church of Orosh in 1903

Notable people

• Prenk Bibë Doda (1860–1919), member of the Young Turks, prince of Mirdita and politician
• Marka Gjoni (1861–1925), chieftain of the Mirdita region
• Gjon Markagjoni (1888–1966), Catholic clan chieftain
• Bib Dod Pasha (1820–1868), ruler of the Mirdita region

References

1. "Population and Housing Census, Lezhë 2023" (PDF). INSTAT. p. 108. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
2. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6373–6374. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
3. Elsie, Robert (2004), Historical dictionary of Albania, Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, p. 444, ISBN 978-0-8108-4872-6, OCLC 52347600, Tocci Torenzio....On 26 April 1911 he gathered the chieftains of Mirdita near Orosh and proclaimed independence of Albania, hoisting the Albanian flag for the first time since the death of Skanderbeg
4. Skendi, Stavro (1967). The Albanian national awakening. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 412, 440. ISBN 9781400847761.
5. Gawrych, George (2006). The crescent and the eagle: Ottoman rule, Islam and the Albanians, 1874–1913. London: IB Tauris. p. 186. ISBN 9781845112875.