Borsh

40.06138888888919.8575105Koordinaten: 40 ° 4 ' N, 19 ° 51 ' E

Borsh ( Albanian: Borshi ) is a coastal village on the Albanian Riviera. It is located in the district of Saranda on the Ionian Sea between Himara and Saranda. Borsh located on the edge of one of the few alluvial plains along the cliffs of the Albanian Riviera. The water from the irregular leading borsh River (Albanian Lumi i Borshit ) plane formed (Albanian Fusha e Borshit ) is used for agriculture. A summer with tourists popular four kilometers long sandy beach closes to the coast from back. In the village center there is a powerful source.

Borsh is the only village on the Riviera with a majority Muslim population. In the 1990s, several families settled in the northern Albanian Mirdita on at an abandoned labor camp. They form an isolated, Gheg dialect -speaking enclave within the Tosk environment. Above the village is the Kalaja e Borshit, a medieval castle, which is also called Sopot.

In the village is the olive oil manufacturing enterprise Vaj Ulliri borsh O & B Sh.pk resident.

Just 2.5 miles as the crow flies west of borsh is the neighboring village Qeparo. Other neighbors in the north and in the southeast Fterra Piqeras with 6.5 and six kilometers in a straight line.