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Also known as Bashkia e Lekbibajt

Lekbibaj is a village and a former municipality Tropojë northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tropojë. The population at the 2023 census was 644. It is the historical center of the Nikaj-Mërtur region.

Key facts

Settlement AL.type
mu
Settlement AL.official_name
Lekbibaj
Settlement AL.county
Kukës
Settlement AL.municipality
Tropojë
Settlement AL.population_as_of
2023
Settlement AL.population_unit
644

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Lekbibaj is a village and a former municipality Tropojë northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tropojë. The population at the 2023 census was 644. It is the historical center of the Nikaj-Mërtur region.

== Etymology == The etymology of the name of this village is in Albanian, as it is a binary word consisting of Lekë+Bibaj (Lekë is an Albanian personal name, while bibë is an Albanian word and personal name related to a type of bird).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lekbibaj” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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