page_title: Gjirokastër District
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Gjirokastër District / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: Road Sign for the Village of Goranxi in Albanian and Greek – Southern Albania, Gjirokastra district Deutsch: Zweisprachiger Wegweiser zum Dorf Goranxi in Südalbanien, Kreis Gjirokastra, auf Albanisch und Griechisch
context_page_description: Gjirokastër District was one of the thirty-six districts of Albania that are now part of Gjirokastër County. It had a population of 56,720 containing a large Greek ethnic minority, and an area of 1,137 km². It is in the south of the country, and its capital was Gjirokastër.
context_section_description: In fieldwork undertaken by Greek scholar Leonidas Kallivretakis in the area during 1992, the district of Gjirokastër had 66,000 inhabitants of which 40% were Greeks, 12% Vlachs and an Orthodox Albanian population of 21%. These communities are Orthodox and collectively made up 73% of the district's Christian population while the remaining 28% of the population were Muslim Albanians. Overall the Greek community was the most numerous ethno-religious group (40%), while Albanians, irrespective of religious background, in 1992 were a plurality and collectively consisted 49% of the district's total population. Within Gjirokastër district, Greeks populate all the settlements of both former municipalities of Dropull i Sipërm and Dropull i Poshtëm and also all settlements of Pogon municipality (except the village of Selckë). Gjirokastër has a mixed population consisting of Muslim Albanians, Greeks and an Orthodox Albanian population while the city in 1992 had an overall Albanian majority.
caption: Bilingual sign in Dropull on the SH4.
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