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Encyclopedia > Sarandë District
Map showing Sarandë within Albania

The District of Sarandë (Albanian: Rrethi i Sarandës) (Greek: Αγιοι Σαραντα/Aghioi Saranta) is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania, found in southern Albania, in the County of Vlorë at around 39.88°N, 20.00°E. Albanian or Gjuha shqipe is a language spoken by more than six million inhabitants of the western Balkan peninsula (Albania, Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia, Greece) in south_eastern Europe (Albanians) and by a small number of people in Calabria, southern Italy. ... The Greek language (Greek Ελληνικά, IPA – Hellenic) is an Indo-European language with a documented history of some 3,000 years. ... Albania is divided into 36 districts, or rrethe. ... Albania is a Mediterranean country in southeastern Europe. ...


The area of the district is 730 square kilometers.


According to the 2001 census, the population of the district is 35,235. According to the census of January 1993, it was 53,700.


The centre of the district is the city of Sarandë. Other places include Konispol (at the border with Greece), Ksamil (a resort), Çukë, Vrinë and Butrint (an archeological site). Categories: Archaeological sites | Cities in Albania | Albania geography stubs ...


The Greek minority has a large percentage in the district. There are also few villages of Vlachs. This article or section should be merged with Hellenes Greeks in Ancient History In Latin literature, Græci (or Greeks, in English) is the name by which Hellenes are known. ... Vlachs (also called Wlachs, Wallachs, Olahs) are the Romanized population in Central and Eastern Europe, including Romanians, Aromanians, Istro-Romanians and Megleno-Romanians, but since the creation of the Romanian state, this term was mostly used for the Vlachs living south of the Danube river. ...


Communities and settlements

  • Neohor?
  • Shkallë
  • Vervë


 

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