Aliko


For people with the given name, see Aliko.
Aliko is a village and a former municipality in the Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Finiq.
The population according to the 2011 census was 3,849. however according to the civil offices it was estimated at 8,818,
The municipal unit consists of the villages Aliko, Çaush, Neohor, Tremul, Rahullë, Pllakë, Jermë, Vurgu i Ri, Halo and Dritas which are inhabited solely by Greeks, while Çukë is a mixed village with a Greek majority and small Muslim Cham Albanian minority. The latest official census in Albania, which has been widely disputed due to irregularities in the procedure, and its results affected by boycott by part of the Greek minority, shows that Albanians were the most numerous ethnic group, followed by Greeks. Recent official data estimated the Greek community in the commune of Aliko at 8,386, while the total population the following year numbered 8,905.