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'''Finiq''' ({{lang-sq|Finiq or Finiqi}}, {{lang-el|Φοινίκη}}, ''Finiki'' or ]) is a town and municipality in southern Albania located 8 km from the ] and 20 km north of the ] border. It is part of ]. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities ], ], Finiq, ] and ], that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the village ].<ref></ref> The total population is 11,862 (2011 census), in a total area of 441.20 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref></ref> The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 1,333.<ref name=census11></ref> |
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'''Finiq''' ({{lang-sq|Finiq or Finiqi}}, {{lang-el|Φοινίκη}}, ''Finiki'' or ]) is a town and municipality in southern Albania located 8 km from the ] and 20 km north of the ] border. It is part of ]. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities ], ], Finiq, ] and ], that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the village ].<ref>{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The total population is 11,862 (2011 census), in a total area of 441.20 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref></ref> The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 1,333.<ref name=census11></ref> |
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The population of the municipality is predominantly ethnic Greek, while that of the town itself is entirely part of the Greek minority.<ref>Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "." In Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). ''Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας ''. University of Athens. p. 31</ref><ref>Badlands-Borderland: A History of Southern Albania/Northern Epirus |
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The population of the municipality is predominantly ethnic Greek, while that of the town itself is entirely part of the Greek minority.<ref>Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "." In Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). ''Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας ''. University of Athens. p. 31</ref><ref>Badlands-Borderland: A History of Southern Albania/Northern Epirus |
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by T.J. Winnifrith,ISBN 0-7156-3201-9,2003,Page 69,"... 16. </ref> The municipal unit of Finiq comprises the villages Finiq, Buronje, Çlirim, ], Karahaxhë, ] (Vromero) and Blerimas.<ref></ref> In antiquity, ] was the political center of the Epirot Greek tribe of the ]. |
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by T.J. Winnifrith,ISBN 0-7156-3201-9,2003,Page 69,"... 16. </ref> The municipal unit of Finiq comprises the villages Finiq, Buronje, Çlirim, ], Karahaxhë, ] (Vromero) and Blerimas.<ref> {{wayback|url=http://www.interreg.gr/inst/interreg/gallery/File/Programmes/Greece%20-%20Albania/Simpliroma%20Programmatismou/EN/18-12-07_Programme_Complement_GREECE%20ALBANIA.doc |date=20120327014915 }}</ref> In antiquity, ] was the political center of the Epirot Greek tribe of the ]. |
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==See also== |
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The population of the municipality is predominantly ethnic Greek, while that of the town itself is entirely part of the Greek minority. The municipal unit of Finiq comprises the villages Finiq, Buronje, Çlirim, Vrion, Karahaxhë, Bregas (Vromero) and Blerimas. In antiquity, Phoenice was the political center of the Epirot Greek tribe of the Chaonians.
The highlands of Delvinë and the hill of Finiq, ancient Phoinike, in the center of the picture behind the plains.
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