Iljas ( sq-definite, Iljasi; ) is a village in

Himarë Himarë ( sq-definite, Himara; , ''Chimara'' or Χειμάρρα, ''Cheimarra'') is a Municipalities of Albania, municipality and region in Vlorë County, southern Albania. The municipality has a total area of and consists of the administrative ...

municipality (13 kilometres from the town),

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, southern

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. It is located near the Ionian coast on the Albanian Riviera.

Demographics

The village of Iljas is inhabited by an

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population.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 Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). ''Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]''. University of Athens. p. 51. "ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί"; p.53. "ILIASI ΙΛΙΑΣ 124 ΑΧ"

History

In 1720, the villages of Himara,

Palasë Palasë ( or ''Palasa''; , ''Palasa'') also Paljasa () (), is a village in Himarë municipality (13 kilometres from the town), Vlorë County, southern Albania. It is located near the Llogara National Park and next to the Ionian coast on the Alb ...

, Ilias,

Vuno Vuno is a village in the municipality of Himarë, Vlorë County, Albania. It is situated along the road that connects the center of Himarë with the village of Dhërmi on the Albanian Riviera. The population of Vuno is exclusively composed of O ...

, Pilur and Qeparo refused to submit to the Pasha of Delvina. In 1722, the Italian- Arberëshë missionary Giuseppe Schirò, wrote that Albanians inhabited Ilias.

References

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