Type: | mu |
Official Name: | Orikum |
County: | Vlorë |
Municipality: | Vlorë |
Coordinates: | 40.3333°N 47°W |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Unit: | 5503 |
Postal Code: | 9426 |
Area Code: | 0391 |
Orikum is a town and a former municipality in Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. With the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the municipality Vlorë.[1] It was named after the ancient city Oricum, which was located 4 km west of modern Orikum. The population at the 2011 census was 5,503.[2] The municipal unit consists of the town Orikum and the villages Dukat Fushë, Dukat, Tragjas and Radhimë.[3]