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Kostar Κωστάρι
Village
Kostar
Coordinates: 39°55′51″N 20°06′04″E / 39.93083°N 20.10111°E / 39.93083; 20.10111
Country	Albania
County	Vlorë
Municipality	Finiq
Elevation	350 m (1,150 ft)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Kostar (Greek: Κωστάρι; romanized: Kostári) is a village in Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Delvinë. it is inhabited by Greeks.

Demographics

Kostar (Kostana) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1583 as a village in the Sanjak of Delvina with a total of 178 recorded male representatives, 150 of which were household heads and the remaining 28 being bachelors. The overwhelming majority of anthroponymy recorded in the settlement belonged to the Albanian onomastic sphere (e.g., Gjon Pjetri, Gjin Pali, Dedë Bardhi, Lekë Kola), with a minority bearing general Christian personal names - some of which belonged to the Greek Orthodox sphere (e.g., Jano Dhimo, Andrea Dhima, Dhimo Ilia). Two Muslims were also recorded among the inhabitants of the village: Murat Gjini, and Hasan Murati.

According to Ottoman statistics, the village had 86 inhabitants in 1895. The village had 328 inhabitants in 1993, all ethnically Greeks.

References

1. "Location of Kostar".
2. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
3. ^ 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. Buharaja, Vexhi (1992). "Kazaja e Delvinës (Nga defteri osman i sanxhakut të Delvinës i vitit 1583)". Studime Historike (1–4): 193–4.
5. 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. 287

v t e Subdivisions of Finiq municipality
Municipal seat: Finiq
Administrative unit of Aliko	Aliko Çaush Dritas Halo Jermë Neohor Pllakë Rahullë Tremul Vurgu i Ri
Administrative unit of Dhivër	Cerkovicë Dermish Dhivër Janicat Leshnicë e Poshtme Leshnicë e Sipërme Llupsat Maliçan Memoraq Navaricë Rumanxë Shëndre
Administrative unit of Finiq	Bregas Buronjë Çlirim Finiq Karahaxhë Vrion
Administrative unit of Livadhe	Gravë Grazhdan Kalcat Karroq Kodër Komat Kulluricë Lefter Talo Livadhe Llazat Pandalejmon Qesarat Sopik Vagalat Zminec
Administrative unit of Mesopotam	Ardhasovë Bistricë Brajlat Dhrovjan Fitore Kardhikaq Kostar Kranë Krongj Livinë Mesopotam Muzinë Pecë Sirakat Velahovë

• Villages in Vlorë County
• Greek communities in Albania