Vlorë District

{{Short description|Defunct (2000) Albanian administrative area}}

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| name = Vlorë District

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| map = Vlorë District.svg

| coordinates = {{coord|40|21|N|19|37|E|display=it|scale:200000}}

| seat = Vlorë

| dissolved = 2000

| population_total = 147,267

| population_as_of = 2001

| area_total_km2 = 1609

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Vlorë District ({{langx|sq|Rrethi i Vlorës}}) was one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 newly created counties. It had a population of 147,267 in 2001, and an area of {{cvt|1609|sqkm}}.[http://statoids.com/yal.html Districts of Albania], statoids.com It is in the south-west of the country, and its capital was the city of Vlorë. Its territory is now part of Vlorë County: the municipalities of Vlorë, Selenicë and Himara (partly). Its population included a Greek minority.http://mondediplo.com/maps/albanianmdv1999 The Albanians, a scattered people by Philippe Rekacewicz, Le Monde diplomatique, January 1999{{cite web |url=http://countrystudies.us/albania/49.htm|title =Country Studies US: Greeks and Other Minorities|access-date=September 6, 2006}}

Administrative divisions

The district consisted of the following municipalities:{{cite web|url=http://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/659991480409319302/pdf/110582-REVISED-PUBLIC-report-eng-complete.pdf |title=Portraits of poverty and inequality in Albania |publisher= World Bank Group|year=2016|pages=33–40}}

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Other places in this district included Dhërmi, Palasë, Nartë and Kocul.

Vlorë is the closest point of the Albanian coast to the Italian Peninsula.

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