Shëngjergj

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Shëngjergj is a village in central Albania, in Tirana County. It used to be its own municipality, but since 2015 it is part of the municipality of Tirana. The area covers about 170 square kilometers and has a small population. The administrative unit had 1,377 residents in 2023, with a density of about 8 people per square kilometer. In 2011, the census counted 2,186 people living in Shëngjergj. The name Shëngjergj means Saint George.

Historically, Shëngjergj appears in an Ottoman tax record from 1467 as a settlement in the timar of Yusuf, in the Tamadhea region of Çermeniça. The record lists 12 households.