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Vlorë District () was one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 newly created
counties A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
. It had a population of 147,267 in 2001, and an area of . It is in the south-west of the country, and its capital was the city of
Vlorë Vlorë ( ; ; sq-definite, Vlora) is the List of cities and towns in Albania, third most populous city of Albania and seat of Vlorë County and Vlorë Municipality. Located in southwestern Albania, Vlorë sprawls on the Bay of Vlorë and is surr ...
. Its territory is now part of
Vlorë County Vlorë County (; ) is one of the 12 counties of Albania with the city of Vlorë being the county capital. The county spans and has a total population of 146,681 people as of 2023. It borders the counties of Fier and Gjirokastër, as well as th ...
: the
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of
Vlorë Vlorë ( ; ; sq-definite, Vlora) is the List of cities and towns in Albania, third most populous city of Albania and seat of Vlorë County and Vlorë Municipality. Located in southwestern Albania, Vlorë sprawls on the Bay of Vlorë and is surr ...
, Selenicë and Himara (partly). Its population included a
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minority.


Administrative divisions

The district consisted of the following
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: * Armen * Brataj * Himara * Kotë *
Novoselë Novoselë ( sq-definite, Novosela) is a village and a former Municipalities of Albania, municipality in the Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Vlorë. The population ...
* Orikum * Qendër Vlorë * Selenicë * Sevaster * Shushicë * Vllahinë *
Vlorë Vlorë ( ; ; sq-definite, Vlora) is the List of cities and towns in Albania, third most populous city of Albania and seat of Vlorë County and Vlorë Municipality. Located in southwestern Albania, Vlorë sprawls on the Bay of Vlorë and is surr ...
* Vranisht Other places in this district included Dhërmi, Palasë, Nartë and Kocul. Vlorë is the closest point of the Albanian coast to the Italian Peninsula.


References


External links


Postcard of the Vlorë coastThe site of Vlorë (in albanian)
Districts of Albania Geography of Vlorë County {{Vlorë-geo-stub