Delvinë District

Delvinë District Rrethi i Delvinës
Former district
Coordinates: 39°58′N 20°4′E
Country	Albania
Dissolved	2000
Seat	Delvinë
Area
• Total	367 km^2 (142 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	10,859
• Density	30/km^2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Delvinë District (Albanian: Rrethi i Delvinës) was one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 counties. It had a population of 10,859 in 2001, and an area of 367 km² (142 sq mi).^[1] Its population included a substantial Greek community.^[2][3] The district is in the south of the country, and its capital was the town of Delvinë. Its territory is now part of Vlorë County: the municipalities of Delvinë and Finiq (partly).

Administrative divisions

The district consisted of the following municipalities:^[4]

• Delvinë
• Vergo
• Finiq
• Mesopotam

Note: - urban municipalities in bold

References

1. Districts of Albania, statoids.com
2. 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.
4. "Portraits of poverty and inequality in Albania" (PDF). World Bank Group. 2016. pp. 33–40.

Further reading

• Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "Η ελληνική κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το πρίσμα της ιστορικής γεωγραφίας και δημογραφίας [The Greek Community of Albania in terms of historical geography and demography]". In Veremis, Thanos (ed.). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]. University of Athens. pp. 25–58. ISBN 9600800545.