[1] It is a southern suburb of Durrës, located near the Mediterranean coast, approximately 6 kilometres south of this city.

[4] A mosaic unearthed in the Basilica also demonstrates how engrained its culture was later on with the early Byzantine Empire.

Notable people with roots from the village include: Fatos Arapi (19 July 1930 – 11 October 2018) was an Albanian poet, short story writer, translator and journalist.

Renato Arapi (born 28 August 1986) is an Albanianprofessional football coach and former left-back and centre-back.

Mustafa Arapi is an Albanian painter, lecturer and art restorer Media related to Arapaj at Wikimedia Commons