Type: | mu |
Official Name: | Margegaj |
County: | Kukës |
Municipality: | Tropojë |
Coordinates: | 42.3833°N 24°W |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Unit: | 2346 |
Margegaj is a village and a former municipality in the Kukës County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tropojë.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 2,346.[2] The Valbonë River valley and the village Valbonë are located in the municipality.
The municipality included the settlements of Margegaj, Dragobia, Valbona, Rragami, Çeremi, Bradoshnice, Dedaj, Koçanaj, Shoshani, Paqeja, Fushë-Lumi. Margegaj etymologically may have links to the word Gheg which would make sense as it is within a Gheg region of Albania.