Iljas Explained

Type:	v
Official Name:	Iljas
County:	Vlorë
Municipality:	Himarë
Municunit:	Himarë
Coordinates:	40.1428°N 19.6711°W

Iljas (Albanian: Iljasi; in Albanian pronounced as /iˈljas/ in Albanian pronounced as /iˈljasi/) is a village in Himarë municipality (13 kilometres from the town), Vlorë County, southern Albania.^[1] It is located near the Ionian coast on the Albanian Riviera.

Demographics

The village of Iljas is inhabited by an Eastern Orthodox Albanian population.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6376. 25 February 2022 .
2. Book: Etnografia shqiptare. 15. 1987. Akademia e Shkencave e RPSH, Instituti i Historisë, Sektori i Etnografisë. 199.
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 Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]. University of Athens. p. 51. "ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί"; p.53. "ILIASI ΙΛΙΑΣ 124 ΑΧ"

   History

   In 1720, the villages of Himara, Palasë, Ilias, Vuno, Pilur and Qeparo refused to submit to the Pasha of Delvina.^[2]

   References