Metoq

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Metoq ({{lang-sq-definite|Metoqi}}; {{langx|el|Μετόχι}} Metochi) is a village in Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. It is part of the municipality of Sarandë.{{cite web |url=https://www.vendime.al/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/137-2014.pdf |title=Law nr. 115/2014 |language=sq |pages=6376|access-date=25 February 2022 }} It is located to the east of Sarandë, next to the village of Vrion. The village is primarily inhabited by ethnic Greeks.{{Citation|last=Καλλιβρετάκης|first=Λεωνίδας|title=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]|date=1995|url=http://helios-eie.ekt.gr/EIE/handle/10442/8696|pages=51|isbn=978-960-08-0054-8|access-date=2021-10-07}}

The ruins of two ancient Greek temples were found in the vicinity of the village.Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond. [https://books.google.com/books?id=oDUbAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Ugolini+mentions+the+ruins+of+%27two+Greek+temples%27+near+Metoq%2C+which+lies+just+inland+of+this+track%22 Epirus: the geography, the ancient remains, the history and topography of Epirus and adjacent areas]. Clarendon P., 1967, p. 99

The village stands by the roads that connect Sarandë with the Albanian Riviera, as well as with the national road to Gjirokastër.

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