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Trebisht (Macedonian: Требиште, Bulgarian: Требище or Требища) is a former municipality in the Dibër County, eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Bulqizë. The population at the 2011 census was 993. Within the municipality, the village of Trebisht consists of the three neighborhoods of Trebisht-Mucin, Trebisht-Balajë, and Trebisht-Celebi.
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Map of Trebisht, Albania
History
A demographic study published in 1878, reflecting statistics of the male population from 1873, stated that the population of Trébichta consisted of 150 households with 144 Bulgarian Christians and 265 Slavic Muslims.
In the early 20th century, Trebisht was a village with a mixed population of Bulgarian Muslims and Bulgarian Christians, according to Bulgarian geographer Vasil Kanchov's statistics. The Muslim population was prevalent.
Demographics
According to the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Macedonian is spoken in the villages that make up Trebisht. According to Bulgarian linguists, the dialect of Trebisht is part of the Bulgarian language. According to some sources the village is inhabited by Orthodox Macedonians and Macedonian Muslims, who do not have official recognition from the Albanian government.
Education
In 2009, a Macedonian language school opened in Trebisht, however these courses were met with fierce opposition from local authorities who called for the school to be shut down. Intervention from the Albanian Ministry of Education and from the Albanian Prime minister, Sali Berisha, ensured that the Macedonian language courses were able to continue education over 200 young Macedonians in their native Macedonian language.