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'''Sopot''' ({{lang-sq-definite|Sopoti}}) is a village in eastern [[Albania]]. It was part of the former municipality [[Stravaj]]. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality [[Prrenjas]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vendime.al/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/137-2014.pdf |title=Law nr. 115/2014 |language=sq |pages=6369|access-date=14 March 2022 }}</ref>

==Geography==
The area has natural attractions for tourism, such as the [[Gostima Waterfall]], [[Karst|karstic cave]]s, woods, a rich flora and fauna, and local ethnoculture.<ref name="Republika">[http://www.gazetarepublika.al/2012/09/sopoti-magjia-e-turizmit/# Sopoti, magjia e turizmit (in Albanian)]</ref>

Sopot rises up from {{convert|800-1970|m}} above [[Sea level#Height above mean sea level|sea level]], where the highest point is [[Gaferr's Peak]], {{convert|1972|m}}.<ref name="Republika"/>

==History==
According to a folkloric [[legend]], during the [[Ottoman Albania|Ottoman invasion]] of this mountainous part of Albania, women with their children flew from the castle's wall so as not to surrender to the Ottomans.

Following five hundred years of Ottoman occupation and [[islamisation]], the population of Sopot now carries two names, one Moslem and one [[Christians|Christian]].

The area's population has decreased lately due to immigration.<ref name="Republika"/>

==See also==
* [[Sopoti Librazhd]], football team{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

==References==
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[[Category:Populated places in Prrenjas]]


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