Dhivër

Dhivër (Albanian: Dhivëri, Greek: Δίβρη) is a village and a former municipality in the Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Finiq.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 1,396,[2]

Dhivër
Δίβρη
Municipal unit
Dhivër is located in Albania
Dhivër
Dhivër
Coordinates: 39°50′N 20°10′E
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalityFiniq
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
1,396
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

The municipal unit consists of the villages: Dhivër; Rumanxë; Memoraq; Navaricë; Dermish; Leshnicë e Sipërme; Leshnicë e Poshtme; Janicat; Llupsat; Cerkovicë; Shëndre and Maliçan.[3]

Demographics

A 1993 study by Leonidas Kallivretakis found that the population of the commune consisted of 91% ethnic Greek Christians and 9% Albanian Muslims, the latter all located in the village of Navaricë.[4][5] Kallivretakis recorded that the settlement unit of Dhivër at that time was inhabited solely by Greeks.[4] The 2011 census, in which Greeks and other groups have been underrepresented in numbers due to boycott and irregularities:[6][7] counted 1,065 Greeks and 330 Albanians.[8]

References
  1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. "2011 census results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  3. Greece – Albania Neighbourhood Programme Archived March 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. 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. Page 53; p. 51. "AM Αλβανοί Μουσουλμάνοι", p. 53. "NAVARICE ΝΑΒΑΡΠΣΑ (ΑΒΑΡΙΤΣΑ) 489 AM".
  5. Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1967). Epirus: the Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 120. ISBN 9780198142539. "Avaricë, (or Navaricë) a picturesque Albanian-speaking village"
  6. "International Religious Freedom Report for 2014: Albania" (PDF). State.gov. United States, Department of State. p. 5. Retrieved 20 October 2015. Ethnic Greek minority groups had encouraged their members to boycott the census, affecting measurements of the Greek ethnic minority and membership in the Greek Orthodox Church.
  7. "Final census findings lead to concerns over accuracy". Tirana Times. 19 December 2012. Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Portions of the census dealing with religion and ethnicity have grabbed much of the attention, but entire parts of the census might not have been conducted according to the best international practices, Albanian media reports...
  8. 2011 census results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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