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Pogradec is a city and municipality in southeastern Albania, situated on the shores of Ohrid lake. It is located in the County of Korçë. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Buçimas, Çërravë, Dardhas, Pogradec, Proptisht, Trebinjë, Udenisht and Velçan, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Pogradec.〔(Law nr. 115/2014 )〕 The total population is 61,530 (2011 census), in a total area of 594.77 km2.〔(Interactive map administrative territorial reform )〕 The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 20,848.〔(2011 census results )〕 Pogradec alone occupies about 15 km². This city is surrounded by hills on the southern and western side. The lake is in the eastern and northern side of the city. The highway linking to Tirana, Elbasan and Korçë passes through the city. It is located SE of Elbasan, SW of Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia, N of Korçë and NW of Florina in Greece. The name of the town is Slavic in origin: Pogradec = Po(d) (under/beneath) and Gradec (city in Bulgarian) and means literally ''"under the city"''. This is a reference to the former Illyrian settlement, situated on a hill above Pogradec. It was known as İstarova or İstarye〔(Osmanli Tatarân Teşkilât'i (in Turkish) )〕 during Ottoman rule and was bounded to as kaza center in Görice Sanjak of Manastır Vilayet before Balkan Wars.〔(Osman Vilayets (in Turkish) )〕 ==History== The shores of Lake Lychnidus were inhabited in early antiquity. Lychnidus is one of the locations for the Illyrian tribe of the Encheleans〔The Illyrians (The Peoples of Europe) by John Wilkes, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, 1996, page 98〕 that is near Pogradec.The area in the antiquity was at the border〔The Cambridge ancient history, Tome 6 by John Boardman, ISBN 0521850738, 1994, page 440〕 between Chaonia and Illyria. Drilon, the name of the river that flows into the lake near Tushemisht, is mentioned in early texts of antiquity. The hill overlooking Pogradec is the site of old castle ruins dating back to 5th century.〔(Municipality of Pogradec (in Albanian) )〕 The area of Pogradec is the site of a possible UNESCO World Heritage site.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5626/ )〕 Pogradec throughout the centuries was occupied by the Romans, Bulgarians, Serbians, Albanians, Ottomans, French, Greeks, Italians, and Germans. The second Albanian language school was started in Pogradec. During the Greco-Italian War in 1940–41, Pogradec and the areas around it were cut in two by the war front. The town was a favorite summer escape for many communist government officials and particularly Enver Hoxha. The summer residences and the area around them were sealed off from the public. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pogradec」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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