Kakavija

Kakavijë Kakavija ( Designation in an indefinite and definite form )
Coordinates: 39 ° 54 '  N , 20 ° 22'  E
Basic data
Qark :	Gjirokastra
Municipality :	Dropull
Height :	350  m above sea level A.
Postal code :	6006

Kakavija ( Albanian  also  Kakavijë , Greek Κακαβιά Kakaviá ) is a small village in the Gjirokastra Qark in southern Albania . It is located in the municipality of Dropull on the west side of a small range of hills above the Dropull plain. The border with Greece runs on the crest of the hill just to the east and north of the village . The range of hills separates the Drino , which flows in the east, from its tributary Xerja in the west.

Like most of the neighboring villages, Kakavija has a Greek- speaking minority.

At the border crossing

The border crossing Kakavija- Ktismata just north of the village is of national importance . During communist times and for many years afterwards, it was the only border crossing between the two countries next to Kapshtica southeast of Korça . Even today, the control point between Gjirokastra and Ioannina , along with Kapshtica, is the most important crossing. The route crossing the border is the European route 853 , which is called Ethniki Odos 22 on the Greek side and Rruga shtetërore SH4 on the Albanian side .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Christoph Baumann: The Albanian "Transformation Region" Gjirokastra - Structural Change in the 20th Century, Spatial Trends and Patterns of Action in Rural Space . Dissertation. In: Bamberg Geographical Writings . Issue 28. Institute for Geography at the University of Bamberg, 2008, ISSN  0344-6557 .