Dhrovjan

Village in Vlorë, Albania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dhrovjan (Albanian definite form: Dhrovjani; Greek: Δρόβιανη, Droviani) is a community in the Vlorë County, southern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Finiq.[2] It is located 18 kilometers (11 mi) east of Sarandë.

Country Albania
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
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Dhrovjan
Δρόβιανη
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Dhrovjan is located in Albania
Dhrovjan
Dhrovjan
Coordinates: 39°53′22″N 20°13′3″E
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalityFiniq
Administrative unitMesopotam
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
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Name

The toponym Dhrovjan is derived from either the Bulgarian word дърво, darvo meaning 'wood', or from a resident name Дроб, Drob and the suffix яне, yane, with the Greek or Albanian sound change d into dh, and the Greek sound change b into v.[3]

Demographics

In the interwar period, Dhrovjan was a village inhabited by Greeks, and contained around 300 houses divided into two mahalle (neighbourhoods).[4]

The village is inhabited by Greeks, and the population was 573 in 1992.[5]

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