Vurg
Vurg (definite Albanian form: Vurgu; Greek: Βούργος Vourgos[1] or Βούρκος Vourkos[2]) is a plain and region in the southern part of Vlorë County, southwestern Albania.[3]
Vurg | |
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Region | |
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| Coordinates: 39°48′16″N 20°4′17″E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Vlorë County |
| District | Sarandë District |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car Plates | SR |
Vurg means marshland in Albanian. Before bonification works in the Communism period, most of the Vurg area was covered with marshes. When it rained, the Kalasë and Bistrica rivers increased the marsh area even further.[4]
At the archaic era of antiquity the winter pastures of the Vurg plain were controlled by the Chaonians when the later reached their peak of power.[5]
Sources
- Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond. Epirus: the geography, the ancient remains, the history and topography of Epirus and adjacent areas. Clarendon P., 1967, p. 30.
- Kyriazis, Doris (2019). "Διατοπικότητα και διαχρονικότητα των νεοελληνικών γλωσσικών ιδιωμάτων της νότιας Αλβανίας" (PDF). Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistic Theory. 8th International Conference of Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistic Theory (in Greek). Gjirokastër: University of Patras. p. 108. ISSN 1792-3743.
The region of Vourkos (map)
- "Location of Vurg". Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- Kabo, Mevlan (1991). Gjeografia fizike e Shqipërisë: në dy vëllime. Akademia e Shkencave. p. 383.
- Hammond, N. G. L. (1997). "Epirus and the Greek World of City-States 750-500 B.C." Epirus, 4000 Years of Greek History and Civilization: 54.
the Chaonians at their period of greatest power controlled the winter pastures of the coast from the Gulf of Aulon to the Vourgos plain by Konispolis
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