Koshovicë (; ; romanized: Kosovítsa/Kossovítsa) is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Dropull.
St. Mary's Monastery Church, located within the village, is a Religious Cultural Monument of Albania.
Name The placename Koshovicë has several possible origins. The Slavic word кос, kos for the common blackbird and the suffix form ов-иц-а, ov-its-a with a sound change of s into sh through Old Albanian. Other derivations are from the Bulgarian word кош, kosh for 'basket' with the suffix form -ob+-иц-а, -ov+its-a giving a meaning of 'woven', or the toponym is formed from a personal name Кошо, Kosho.
Demographics According to Ottoman statistics, the village had 188 inhabitants in 1895.Μιχάλης Κοκολάκης, "Η τουρκική στατιστική της Ηπείρου στο Σαλναμέ του 1895" στο Βασίλης Παναγιωτόπουλος, Λεωνίδας Καλλιβρετάκης, Δημήτρης Δημητρόπουλος, Μιχάλης Κοκολάκης και Ευδοκία Ολυμπίτου (επιμ.), Πληθυσμοί και οικισμοί του ελληνικού χώρου. Ιστορικά μελετήματα, Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών/Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών, Athens 2003, p. 311 The village is inhabited by Greeks and the population was 864 in 1992.
History Following the demarcation of the Albanian–Greek border, Koshovicë became part of Albania, and the shacks used by its farmers as warehouses for products or makeshift shelters, were located in Greece at a place called Agia Marina, which later became the name of the small village.
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External links Photo and video compilation of the village