Gjirokastër District


Gjirokastër District was one of the thirty-six districts of Albania that are now part of Gjirokastër County. It had a population of 56,720 containing a large Greek ethnic minority, and an area of 1,137 km². It is in the south of the country, and its capital was Gjirokastër.

Administrative divisions

The district consisted of the following municipalities.

Dropull Municipality

Note: - urban municipalities in bold

Villages of Gjirokastër

1 - not to be confused with Kolonjë District
2 - not to be confused with Poliçan of Skrapar District

Demographics

In fieldwork undertaken by Greek scholar Leonidas Kallivretakis in the area during 1992, the district of Gjirokastër had 66,000 inhabitants of which 40% were Greeks, 12% Vlachs and an Orthodox Albanian population of 21%. These communities are Orthodox and collectively made up 73% of the district's Christian population while the remaining 28% of the population were Muslim Albanians. Overall the Greek community was the most numerous ethno-religious group, while Albanians, irrespective of religious background, in 1992 were a plurality and collectively consisted 49% of the district's total population. Within Gjirokastër district, Greeks populate all the settlements of both former municipalities of Dropull i Sipërm and Dropull i Poshtëm and also all settlements of Pogon municipality. Gjirokastër has a mixed population consisting of Muslim Albanians, Greeks and an Orthodox Albanian population while the city in 1992 had an overall Albanian majority.