Mesopotam (Albaniandefinite form: Mesopotami; Greek: Μεσοπόταμος - Mesopotamos) is a village and a former commune in Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Finiq.[2] The population at the 2011 census was 2,786,[3]
The name comes from Greek, meaning "between rivers".[4]
Population
The People's Republic of Albania (1945-1991) established cultural rights in special minority zones for ethnic Greeks in all 14 villages of Mesopotam. These rights were preserved after the fall of socialism in Albania.[5][6] According to a fieldwork of 1995 the majority of the villages, including Mesopotam itself, are inhabited solely by the Greek community, while Muzinë and Pecë, by the Albanian Orthodox. Bistricë has a mixed population and Kardhikaq is a mixed village inhabited by Greeks and Aromanians.[7]
^Kouzas, Ioannis (2013). "The Greek-Albanian Relations (1990-2010)" (in Greek). Δημοκρίτειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θράκης (ΔΠΘ). Σχολή Νομική. Τμήμα Νομικής. Τομέας Διεθνών Σπουδών. pp. 93–95. doi:10.12681/eadd/33128. Retrieved 18 February 2021. Από τις αλβανικές αρχές επίσημα αναγνωρίζονται ως ελληνικά τα παρακάτω χωριά... Επαρχία Μεσοποτάμου: 1. Δρόβιανη..... 14. Κρανιά
^Koutsou, Elsa (2020). "Schools of the Greek Minority of Albania". University of Ioannina. pp. 39–42. doi:10.26268/heal.uoi.10135. Retrieved 18 February 2021. Η αντιμετώπιση της ελληνικής εκπαίδευσης κατά το καθεστώς της κομμουνιστικής διακυβέρνησης, υπό τον Ενβέρ Χότζα, χαρακτηρίζεται από τον προσδιορισμό των «μειονοτικών ζωνών», ... Η «μειονοτικής ζώνης» και τα χωριά που συμπεριλαμβάνει ανά Περιφέρεια.. Επαρχία Μεσοποτάμου: Μουζίνα
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