Sinë Explained

Type:v
Official Name:Sinë
County:Dibër
Municipality:Mat
Municunit:Arras
Coordinates:41.7306°N 20.2975°W

Sinë (Albanian: Sina), is a small village in the Mat, in Albania.[1] After the 2015 local government reforms, it became part of the municipality Dibër.[2]

History

Pal Kastrioti (fl. 1383—1407) was given village of Sina (Signa) as a fief by Zetan lord Balša II. Pal's son, Konstantin II (named after his grandfather Konstantin Kastrioti), was the lord of Serina (Sina, or Cerüja).

The settlements of Setina e Sipërme and Setina e Poshtme are attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as villages belonging to the timar of Karagöz in the vilayet of Lower Dibra. Both villages had a total of three households respectively and the anthropology recorded depicts an overwhelmingly Albanian character, although a single instance of Slavicisation via the usage of the suffix -ovići is attested in the latter settlement. From Setina e Sipërme: Gjon Vlashi, Gjon Niqifori, and Vlash Bilashi. From Setina e Poshtme: Dimitri Kastrijoti, Pal Pirovići, and Kolë Prifti.[3]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GeoNames Fulltextsearch : Sinë. 29 September 2010.
  2. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6367. 25 February 2022 .
  3. Book: Caka . Eduart . Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467 . 2019 . Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë . Tiranë . 73.