Orosh

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Orosh
Administrative Unit
Official seal of Orosh
Seal
Orosh is located in Albania
Orosh
Orosh
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Country  Albania
County Lezhë
Municipality Mirditë
Population (2011)
 • Administrative Unit 1,899
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration MR

Orosh is a former municipality in the Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Mirditë.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 1,899.[2]

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

Notable peoples

References

  1. Law nr. 115/2014
  2. 2011 census results
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