Koman, Albania

Koman
River Drin in the area of Koman, with the village, the dam and the lake
Koman
Coordinates: 42°5′25″N 19°48′44″E / 42.09028°N 19.81222°E / 42.09028; 19.81222
Country Albania
CountyShkodër
MunicipalityVau i Dejës
Administrative unitTemal
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Koman is a settlement in the former Temal municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Vau i Dejës.[2] The Koman Hydroelectric Power Station and lake Koman have taken the name of the settlement.

The settlement takes its name from the Cumans.[3] It is the type site of the Koman culture and its fort is on the nearby Dalmace Hill,[4] around which is built an important theory of the transition between Illyrians and Albanians.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Location of Koman". Retrieved 2010-06-20.
  2. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6374–6375. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ Spinei, Victor (2009). The Romanians and the Turkic Nomads North of the Danube Delta from the Tenth to the Mid-Thirteenth Century. Brill. p. 317. ISBN 978-90-474-2880-0. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  4. ^ Gelichi, Sauro; Negrelli, Claudio (2017). "Early Medieval North Albania: New Discoveries, Remodeling Connections. The Case of Medieval Komani". Studi e Ricerche. 4: 311–346. doi:10.14277/6969-115-7/SR-4-9.
  5. ^ Gocha R. Tsetskhladze (2005). Ancient West & East. BRILL. p. 230. ISBN 978-90-04-14176-6. Retrieved 26 September 2013.

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