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Village in Vlorë, Albania
Metoq Μετόχι
Village
Metoq is located in AlbaniaMetoqMetoq
Coordinates: 39°53′0″N 20°2′44″E / 39.88333°N 20.04556°E / 39.88333; 20.04556
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalitySarandë
Municipal unitSarandë
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Metoq (Albanian definite form: Metoqi; Greek: Μετόχι Metochi) is a village in Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. It is part of the municipality of Sarandë. It is located to the east of Sarandë, next to the village of Vrion. The village is primarily inhabited by ethnic Greeks.

The ruins of two ancient Greek temples were found in the vicinity of the village. The village stands by the roads that connect Sarandë with the Albanian Riviera, as well as with the national road to Gjirokastër.

References

  1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. Καλλιβρετάκης, Λεωνίδας (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], p. 51, ISBN 978-960-08-0054-8, retrieved 2021-10-07
  3. Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond. Epirus: the geography, the ancient remains, the history and topography of Epirus and adjacent areas. Clarendon P., 1967, p. 99
Subdivisions of Sarandë municipality
Municipal seat: Sarandë
Administrative unit of Ksamil
Administrative unit of Sarandë
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