Vlorë District

Vlorë District (Albanian: Rrethi i Vlorës) was one of the thirty-six districts of Albania (which were dissolved in 2000) that is now part of Vlorë County. It had a population of 151,314[1] (2010 estimate), and a land area of 1,609 km². It is in the south-west of the country, and its capital was Vlorë. Its population included a Greek minority.[2][3]

Vlorë District
District
Map showing Vlorë District within Albania
Country Albania
CapitalVlorë

Administrative divisions

The district consisted of the following municipalities:

Note: - urban municipalities in bold

Other places in this district included Dhërmi, Ujë i Ftohtë, Palasë, Nartë and Kocul.

Vlorë is the closest point of the Albanian coast to the Italian Peninsula. The district well known for its coastline (see photo linked below).

gollark: Specifically the filesystem mapping bit.
gollark: And I still haven't gotten round to reworking the sandbox.
gollark: 6_4 tells me there are about three unpatched ones.
gollark: ... yes, should I be worried?
gollark: The closest thing is the LAN command daemon, for administration on local networks, which Tau *gained* a while ago, but it only allows shutdown, reboot and update or something like that.

References
  1. "POPULLSIA SIPAS RRETHEVE, 2001-2010". Albanian Institute of Statistics. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  2. http://mondediplo.com/maps/albanianmdv1999 The Albanians, a scattered people by Philippe Rekacewicz, Le Monde diplomatique, January 1999
  3. "Country Studies US: Greeks and Other Minorities". Retrieved September 6, 2006.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.