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Country
  
Albania

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Postal code
  
7009

Municipality
  
Devoll, Korçë

County
  
Korçë

Local time
  
Wednesday 9:29 PM

Area code
  
874

Hoçisht

Weather
  
2°C, Wind W at 3 km/h, 72% Humidity

Hoçisht is a village and a former municipality in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Devoll. The population at the 2011 census was 4,461. The municipal unit consists of the villages Hoçisht, Grace, Baban, Stropan, Eçmenik, Përparimaj, Grapsh, Çipan, Borsh, Bradvicë.

Map of Ho%C3%A7isht, Albania

A Greek school was operating in the village of Hoçisht from the middle of the 19th century, until incorporation to the Albanian state, while the local Orthodox community had established a trust fund (called Lasso) for the well being of the locals. In the early 20th century the town of Hoçisht hosted additional Greek educational institutions, including primary and secondary schools for boys and girls, as well as a kindergarten.

In 1905, during the Struggle for Macedonia, Greek revolutionary, Nikolaos Dailakis, had his hideout near the town.

During the Socialist People's Republic of Albania the local church property was confiscated by the state. Today, from the 10 Christian churches in 1967 only 5 survive: Saint Nicholas, Saints Kosmas and Damian, Saint Constantine, Saint John and Saint Kyriake.

At present, a Greek language institution is functioning in the town, as part of a joint Greek-Albanian initiative.

References

Hoçisht Wikipedia