Memaliaj is a town and a municipality in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania.

It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Buz, Krahës, Luftinjë, Memaliaj, Memaliaj Fshat and Qesarat, that became municipal units.

[2] It is entirely populated by Albanians, both Muslim Bektashis and Eastern Orthodox Christians.

[4] In 1958 Memaliaj became famous for the newly established Coal Mine, which multiplied the coal profit of Albania by 64 times, in contrast with older mines of 1938.

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