Kardhikaq

Village in Vlorë, Albania
Kardhikaq
Γαρδικάκι
Village
39°57′02″N 20°09′54″E / 39.95056°N 20.16500°E / 39.95056; 20.16500
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalityFiniq
Elevation
320 m (1,050 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Kardhikaq (Albanian definite form: Kardhikaqi; Greek: Γαρδικάκι; romanized: Gardikáki) is a small village in Vlorë County, southern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Finiq.[2] It is inhabited by a mix population of Greeks and Aromanians.[3]

Demographics

According to Ottoman statistics, the village had 164 inhabitants in 1895.[4] In 1993, the village had a mix population of Greeks and Aromanians, numbering 215 inhabitants.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Location of Kardhikaq".
  2. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b 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 Greek). Εκδόσεις Σιδέρης. p. 55. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. ^ Μιχάλης Κοκολάκης, "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
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Subdivisions of Finiq Municipality
Municipal Seat: Finiq
Administrative Unit of Aliko
Administrative Unit of DhivërAdministrative Unit of Finiq
Administrative Unit of LivadheAdministrative Unit of Mesopotam
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History
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Ancient: Chaonia, Parauaea
Medieval and modern: Dryinopolis, Kolonia
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1 Includes localities with a substantial ethnic Greek population, or otherwise with any kind of cultural or other type of significance, historical or current, for the Greek minority in Albania.
2 Includes individuals not necessarily of Greek ethnicity but with important contributions to Greek civilization.