Aranitas  | |
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![]() Aranitas  | |
| Coordinates: 40°36′N 19°48′E / 40.600°N 19.800°E | |
| Country | |
| County | Fier | 
| Municipality | Mallakastër | 
| Population  (2017)  | |
| • Municipal unit | 2.714 | 
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | 
Aranitas is a village and a former municipality in Fier County, Albania. During the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality of Mallakastër.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 2,714.[2] The name is derived from the Arianiti family, an Albanian noble family in the late Middle Ages.
Notable people
- Xhemal Aranitasi, former commander in chief of the Royal Albanian Army, studied in the Monastir Military High School
 - Ali Shametaj, Albanian folk singer
 
References
- ↑ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6370. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
 - ↑ "2011 census results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
 
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