Vurgu i Ri
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Vurgu i Ri ({{langx|el|Καινούργιο/Καινούριο}}; romanized: Kainoúrgio/Kainoúrio) is a village in Vlorë County, southern Albania.{{cite web|url=http://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=Vurgu-i-Ri&country=AL|title=Location of Vurgu i Ri}} At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Finiq.{{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 }} Fieldwork conducted in 1993 found that the village is inhabited solely by Greeks.{{cite web|last1=Kallivretakis|first1=Leonidas|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]|url=http://helios-eie.ekt.gr/EIE/handle/10442/8696|publisher=Εκδόσεις Σιδέρης|access-date=2 February 2015|page=54|language=el|date=1995}}
Demographics
In the Defter of the Sanjak of Delvinë from 1431-1432, 4 villages in the area of Vurgu are recorded: Finiki (Finiqi), Vurgo, Jeromi and Krajna, each with very few inhabitants. Among these villages, in the Ottoman register mentioned above typical Albanian names are attested, such as: Gjin, Reçi, Leka, Gjon, Dorza, Meksh Nika and Deda.{{cite journal|last=Demiraj|first=Shaban|author-link=Shaban Demiraj|title=La situation ethnique-linguistique des habitants de Dropulli et de Vurgu au cours des siecles|journal=Studia Albanica|publisher=Academy of Sciences of Albania|issn=0585-5047|volume=1|year=2008|pages=77–91}}
According to Ottoman statistics, the village had 72 inhabitants in 1895.Μιχάλης Κοκολάκης, "[http://helios-eie.ekt.gr/EIE/bitstream/10442/7682/1/N02.018.09.pdf Η τουρκική στατιστική της Ηπείρου στο Σαλναμέ του 1895]" στο Βασίλης Παναγιωτόπουλος, Λεωνίδας Καλλιβρετάκης, Δημήτρης Δημητρόπουλος, Μιχάλης Κοκολάκης και Ευδοκία Ολυμπίτου (επιμ.), Πληθυσμοί και οικισμοί του ελληνικού χώρου. Ιστορικά μελετήματα, Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών/Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών, Athens 2003, p. 285 The village had 460 inhabitants in 1993, all ethnically Greeks.
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ud7R3zjzIY Photo compilation depicting the village]
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