Delvinë District
The circle Delvina (Albanian: Rrethi i Delvinës ) is one of the 36 administrative districts of Albania. The circle with an area of 367 km ² part of Vlorë County and lies in the south of Albania. With not even all 11,717 inhabitants ( 2011) it is the least populated county in the country. It was named after the main town circle Delvina.
The circle Delvina located in the hinterland of Saranda, bounded by the sea coast by a range of hills and divorced from Drinostal through the mountain Mali i Gjere. In the southwest of the circle lies a vast plain. Stark hilly to mountainous are of the north and the east. The Bistrica River crosses the county from east to west.
Almost half of the people living in the district Delvina counts himself to the Greek minority. 18 of a total of 37 villages in the district are still inhabited by Greeks. Many of the Greeks and Albanians, particularly the boys, communism, for economic reasons since the end emigrated to Greece: in ten years, more than 40 percent of the population. The whole district suffers from this loss of population.
In addition to the State, there is little employer. Also from the booming tourism in Saranda was the county that does not border on the sea, not profit directly. Famous is the karst spring Syri i Kalter ( Blue Eye ) that serves many excursionists as a cool oasis. Culture historically important the Church is the Holy Evangelist Kolle (St. Nicholas) in Mesopotam, referred to by some historians to be the oldest existing Byzantine Church of Albania, while others date it as a building from the late 13th century. Not far from them are found on a hill near the village Finiq the remains of the ancient city Phoinike.