The District of Sarandë is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania, found in southern Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

, in the County of Vlorë.

The area of the district is 749 square kilometers. The population of the district was 48,474 (2010 estimate). According to the census of January 1993, it was 53,700.

The centre of the district is the city of Sarandë

Sarandë

Sarandë or Saranda is the capital of the District of Sarandë, Albania, and is one of the most important tourist attractions of the Albanian Riviera. It is situated on an open sea gulf of the Ionian Sea in the Mediterranean 2 nautical miles from the Greek island of Corfu. The city of Saranda has a...

. Other places include Konispol

Konispol

Konispol is the southernmost town in Albania. It sits one kilometer away from the Albanian-Greek border. The municipality consists of the town Konispol and the village Çiflik.The town's main interests are agriculture and viticulture...

 (at the border with Greece

Greece

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), Ksamil

Ksamil

Ksamil is a municipality in the riviera of Southern Albania, built in 1966 and part of the Butrint National Park.It is located south of the city of Sarandë off the road to Butrint and is part of District of Sarandë...

 (a resort), Çukë, Vrinë and Butrint

Butrint

Butrint was an ancient Greek and later Roman city in Epirus. In modern times it is an archeological site in Sarandë District, Albania, some 14 kilometres south of Sarandë and close to the Greek border. It was known in antiquity as Βουθρωτόν Bouthroton or Βουθρώτιος Bouthrotios in Ancient Greek...

 (an archeological site). The district consists of the following municipalities:

• Aliko
  Aliko
  Aliko is a municipality in the Sarandë District, Vlorë County, southern Albania. The municipality consists of the villages Aliko, Çaush, Neohor, Tremul, Rahullë, Pllakë, Jermë, Vurgu i Ri, Halo, Dritas and Çukë....
  
  
• Dhivër
  Dhivër
  Dhivër is a municipality in the Sarandë District, Vlorë County, southern Albania. The municipality consists of the villages Dhivër, Rumanxë, Memoraq, Navaricë, Dermish, Leshnicë e Sipërme, Leshnicë e Poshtme, Janicat, Llupsat, Cerkovicë, Shëndre and Malcan....
  
  
• Konispol
  Konispol
  Konispol is the southernmost town in Albania. It sits one kilometer away from the Albanian-Greek border. The municipality consists of the town Konispol and the village Çiflik.The town's main interests are agriculture and viticulture...
  
  
• Ksamil
  Ksamil
  Ksamil is a municipality in the riviera of Southern Albania, built in 1966 and part of the Butrint National Park.It is located south of the city of Sarandë off the road to Butrint and is part of District of Sarandë...
  
  
• Livadhja
  Livadhja
  Livadhja is a municipality in the Sarandë District, Vlorë County, southern Albania. The municipality consists of the villages Livadhja, Sopik, Pandalejmon, Kulluricë, Llazat, Kalcat, Kodër, Lefter Talo, Vagalat, Gravë, Qesarat, Komat, Karroq, Grazhdan and Zminec. Some villagers also speak the...
  
  
• Lukovë
  Lukovë
  Lukovë is a municipality in the Sarandë District, Vlorë County, southern Albania. The municipality consists of the villages Lukovë, Borsh, Fterrë, Çorraj, Piqeras, Sasaj, Qazim Pali, Shënvasil and Nivicë.-Notable people:...
  
  
• Markat
  Markat
  Markat is a municipality in the Sarandë District, Vlorë County, southern Albania. The municipality consists of the villages Dishat, Vërvë, Shalës, Markat, Ninat and Janjar....
  
  
• Sarandë
  Sarandë
  Sarandë or Saranda is the capital of the District of Sarandë, Albania, and is one of the most important tourist attractions of the Albanian Riviera. It is situated on an open sea gulf of the Ionian Sea in the Mediterranean 2 nautical miles from the Greek island of Corfu. The city of Saranda has a...
  
  
• Xarrë
  Xarrë
  Xarrë is a municipality in the Sarandë District, Vlorë County, southern Albania. The municipality consists of the villages Xarrë, Mursi, Shkallë and Vrinë....
  
  

Alongside ethnic Albanians

Albanians

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, there is a large ethnic Greek

Greeks

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 minority. There are also few villages of Vlachs

Vlachs

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.

Communities and settlements

• Sarandë
  Sarandë
  Sarandë or Saranda is the capital of the District of Sarandë, Albania, and is one of the most important tourist attractions of the Albanian Riviera. It is situated on an open sea gulf of the Ionian Sea in the Mediterranean 2 nautical miles from the Greek island of Corfu. The city of Saranda has a...
  
  
• Shkallë
  Shkalle
  Shkalle is a village in the municipality of Dajt in Tirana District, Tirana County, Albania....
  
  
• Mursi
  Mursi
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• Vrine
• Xarrë
  Xarrë
  Xarrë is a municipality in the Sarandë District, Vlorë County, southern Albania. The municipality consists of the villages Xarrë, Mursi, Shkallë and Vrinë....
  
  
• Vervë
  Verve
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• Leshnica e Poshtme
  Leshnica e Poshtme
  Leshnica e Poshtme or Kato Lesinitsa is a village in the District of Sarandë in Albania, adjacent to the Greek-Albanian borders. It is located less than 1 km north-west of the Greek border and is home to an indigenous ethnic Greek population, part of the Northern Epirote Greek...