Iljas
Appearance
Ilias | |
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Coordinates: 40°8′34″N 19°40′16″E / 40.14278°N 19.67111°E | |
Country | ![]() |
County | Vlorë |
Municipality | Himarë |
Municipal unit | Himarë |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Ilias (Albanian definite form: Iliasi; Albanian pronunciation: [iˈlias]) is a village in Himarë municipality (13 kilometres from the town), Vlorë County, southern Albania.[1] It is located near the Ionian coast on the Albanian Riviera.
Demographics
The village of Ilias is inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population.[2]
History
In 1720, the villages of Himara, Palasë, Ilias, Vuno, Pilur and Qeparo refused to submit to the Pasha of Delvina.[3]
References
- ^ Law nr. 115/2014 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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"
- ^ Etnografia shqiptare. Vol. 15. Akademia e Shkencave e RPSH, Instituti i Historisë, Sektori i Etnografisë. 1987. p. 199.