Vlorë County
Bashkia Sarandë
Bashkia e Sarandës

Sarandë

Sarandë, the gateway to southern , is a small town of about 33,000 inhabitants, situated on a beautiful horseshoe bay between the mountains and the Ionian Sea.
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  • Type: Town with 17,200 residents
  • Description: City of Albania
  • Also known as: “Agioi”, “Hagios Saranta”, “Porto Edda”, “Santa Quaranta”, “Santi Quaranta”, “Saranda”, “Saranda City”, “Saranda CIty”, “Saranta”, and “Zogaj”
  • Address: SARANDË

Places of Interest

Highlights include Port of Sarandë and Forty Saints Monastery.

Marina
Photo: Joergsam, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The or Sarandë Harbor is a port of in the city of Sarandë. As of 2012, the port is undergoing an expansion to include a cruise line terminal.

Photo: Albinfo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Monastery of the Forty Saint Martyrs is a ruined Eastern Orthodox monastery overlooking the coastal city of Sarandë in southern . The monastery was erected during the 6th century AD and possibly became for at least one millennium the most important pilgrimage site in the Ionian Sea region.

Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a ruined castle near Sarandë, southern . The castle is on a strategic hill point overlooking the town of Sarandë, southeast of the town centre. From here one can control the whole town as well as the islands of Ksamil.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gjashtë and Bregas.

Village
is a village in the municipality of Sarandë, , southwestern .

Village
is a in , southwestern . It is part of the municipality . It is located to the north of Sarandë, northwest of , Sheleqar and , southwest of Karanxh and west of .

Village
is a village in , southwestern . It is part of the municipality . It is located to the east of Sarandë, next to the village of . is inhabited solely by Greeks. is situated 4 km east of Sarandë.

Sarandë

Latitude
39.8752° or 39° 52′ 31″ north
Longitude
20.0065° or 20° 0′ 24″ east
Population
17,200
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
IATA airport code
XSA
United Nations Location Code
AL SAR
Open location code
8GF2V2G4+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 248816615
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
363243
Wiki­data ID
Q193226
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Sarandë” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sarandë”
  • Albanian: “Saranda”
  • Albanian: “Sarandë”
  • Arabic: “ساراندا”
  • Arabic: “سارنده”
  • Armenian: “Սարանդա”
  • Asturian: “Saranda”
  • Azerbaijani: “Saranda”
  • Bashkir: “Саранда”
  • Belarusian: “Саранда”
  • Bulgarian: “Саранда”
  • Bulgarian: “Саранде”
  • Catalan: “Sarandë”
  • Cebuano: “Sarandë”
  • Chinese: “萨兰达”
  • Chinese: “薩蘭達”
  • Czech: “Porto Edda”
  • Czech: “Saranda”
  • Czech: “Sarandë”
  • Danish: “Saranda”
  • Danish: “Sarande”
  • Danish: “Sarandë”
  • Dutch: “Agii Saranda”
  • Dutch: “Aya Sarandi”
  • Dutch: “Onchesmos”
  • Dutch: “Santi Quaranta”
  • Dutch: “Sarande”
  • Dutch: “Sarandë”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سارنده”
  • Esperanto: “Santi Quaranta”
  • Esperanto: “Saranda”
  • Esperanto: “Sarandë”
  • Esperanto: “Sarando”
  • Estonian: “Sarandë”
  • Finnish: “Saranda”
  • Finnish: “Sarandë”
  • French: “Santi Quaranta”
  • French: “Saranda”
  • French: “Sarandë”
  • French: “Ville de Sarandë”
  • Galician: “Sarandë”
  • German: “Santi Quaranta”
  • German: “Saranda”
  • German: “Sarande”
  • German: “Sarandë”
  • Greek: “Ayii Saranda”
  • Greek: “Άγιοι Σαράντα”
  • Hebrew: “סרנדה”
  • Hungarian: “Porto Edda”
  • Hungarian: “Santi Quaranta”
  • Hungarian: “Saranda”
  • Hungarian: “Sarandë”
  • Ido: “Sarandë”
  • Indonesian: “Sarandë”
  • Italian: “Porto Edda”
  • Italian: “Santi Quaranta”
  • Italian: “Saranda”
  • Italian: “Sarande”
  • Italian: “Sarandë”
  • Japanese: “サランダ”
  • Japanese: “ポルト・エッダ”
  • Kongo: “Sarandë”
  • Korean: “사란다”
  • Korean: “사란더”
  • Korean: “산티콰란타”
  • Latin: “Onchesmus”
  • Latin: “Saranda”
  • Latvian: “Saranda”
  • Lithuanian: “Saranda”
  • Lithuanian: “Sarandė”
  • Luba-Lulua: “Saranda”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Saranda”
  • Macedonian: “Саранда”
  • Maltese: “Sarandë”
  • Mingrelian: “სარანდა”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sarandë”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saranda”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saranda”
  • Norwegian: “Sarandë”
  • Persian: “سارانده”
  • Polish: “Saranda”
  • Pontic: “Σαράντα”
  • Portuguese: “Saranda”
  • Portuguese: “Sarandë”
  • Romanian: “Santi Quaranta”
  • Romanian: “Saranda”
  • Russian: “Саранда”
  • Scots: “Sarandë”
  • Serbian: “Саранда”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Porto Edda”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Santi Quaranta”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Saranda”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sarandë”
  • Slovak: “Sarandë”
  • Slovenian: “Saranda”
  • Slovenian: “Sarandë”
  • Spanish: “Santi Quaranta”
  • Spanish: “Saranda”
  • Spanish: “Sarande”
  • Spanish: “Sarandë”
  • Swahili: “Sarandë”
  • Swedish: “Saranda”
  • Swedish: “Sarandë”
  • Tatar: “Саранда”
  • Thai: “ซารันเดอ”
  • Turkish: “Saranda”
  • Ukrainian: “Саранда”
  • Urdu: “ساراندہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Sarandë”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sarandë”
  • Western Panjabi: “ساراندہ”
  • “Saranda”
  • “Sarandë”

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