Konispol

Konispol is the southernmost town in Albania. It sits one kilometer away from the <a href="/facts/Border_crossings_of_Albania/KrvA4HzH">Albanian-Greek border</a>. The settlement is inhabited by <a href="/facts/Muslim/W2ukq4pg">Muslim</a> <a href="/facts/Cham_Albanians/4X8KE8Vz">Cham Albanians</a>. Konispol is the modern centre of the Cham Albanian community in Albania. The main economic interests of Konispol are <a href="/facts/Agriculture/TGztqzJs">agriculture</a> and <a href="/facts/Viticulture/oHWsKvuQ">viticulture</a>.
The town is the seat of the southernmost administrative unit in <a href="/facts/Albania/8GP40BUD">Albania</a>, the Municipality of Konispol (<a href="/facts/Albanian_language/6CyC8GPJ">Albanian</a>: Bashkia Konispol). It was formed during the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities of Konispol, <a href="/facts/Markat/gzJwppBS">Markat</a> and <a href="/facts/Xarr%25C3%25AB/eqRIEqUo">Xarrë</a>. 
 The total population is 8,245 (2011 census), in a total area of 226.26 km2. The population of the municipal unit as of the 2023 census is 1,758.
The former Konispol municipal unit (pre-2015) consisted of the town Konispol and the village Çiflik. The new larger municipality of Konispol contains settlements that are inhabited by Albanians who form the majority of the population, <a href="/facts/Aromanians/CBtqI85g">Aromanians</a>, <a href="/facts/Greeks_in_Albania/WhYm2XfC">Greeks</a> and <a href="/facts/Romani_people_in_Albania/XVB58JFW">Romani</a> that live in the villages of <a href="/facts/Xarr%25C3%25AB/eqRIEqUo">Xarrë</a> municipal unit.

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