Vergo
Vergo | |
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The village of Fushë-Vërri in Vergo | |
| Coordinates: 40°0′N 20°1′E / 40.000°N 20.017°E | |
| Country | Albania |
| County | Vlorë |
| Municipality | Delvinë |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Municipal unit | 1,214 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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Vergo is a village and a former municipality in the Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the Delvinë municipality. The population at the 2023 census was 1,214.
The municipal unit consists of the villages Vergo, Tatzat, Kalasë, Fushë Vërri, Kopaçez, Qafë Dardhë (previously: Palavli) and Bajkaj inhabited by Muslim Albanians, and Senicë, populated by an Orthodox Albanian population, making up 94% and 6% of the total each.
In 1779, a Greek school was founded in Vergo by Orthodox missionary, Kosmas the Aetolian.