Vlorë District
Template:Short description Template:Infobox settlement AL Vlorë District (Template:Langx) was one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 newly created counties. It had a population of 147,267 in 2001, and an area of Template:Cvt.<ref>Districts of Albania, statoids.com</ref> It is in the south-west of the country, and its capital was the city of Vlorë. Its territory is now part of Vlorë County: the municipalities of Vlorë, Selenicë and Himara (partly). Its population included a Greek minority.<ref>http://mondediplo.com/maps/albanianmdv1999 The Albanians, a scattered people by Philippe Rekacewicz, Le Monde diplomatique, January 1999</ref><ref name=CountryStudiesUS>Template:Cite web</ref>
Administrative divisions
The district consisted of the following municipalities:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Armen
- Brataj
- Himara
- Kotë
- Novoselë
- Orikum
- Qendër Vlorë
- Selenicë
- Sevaster
- Shushicë
- Vllahinë
- Vlorë
- Vranisht
Other places in this district included Dhërmi, Palasë, Nartë and Kocul.
Vlorë is the closest point of the Albanian coast to the Italian Peninsula.
