Lazarat
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Lazarat (Albanian definite form: Lazarati) is a village in Gjirokastër County, in southern Albania. It is located in the Dropull valley.[1] Formerly functioning as a municipality, as part of the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the municipality of Gjirokastër.[2] The former municipality consisted of the villages Lazarat and Kordhocë.[3]
Lazarat | |
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Coordinates: 40°3′N 20°9′E | |
Country | Albania |
Population (2011) | |
• Municipal unit | 2,801 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal Code | 6004 |
The population at the 2011 census was 2,801.[4]
In recent years, Lazarat had gained the reputation as the cannabis capital of the country due to its large scale growth of cannabis by the local population.[5] However, in June 2014, the Albanian government cracked down and destroyed the local production and transit of the drug.