Sopik

Village in Gjirokastër, Albania

Sopik Σωπική
Village
40°5′10″N 20°24′46″E / 40.08611°N 20.41278°E / 40.08611; 20.41278
Country	Albania
County	Gjirokastër
Municipality	Dropull
Municipal unit	Pogon
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code	6007^[1]

Sopik (Greek: Σωπική) is a settlement in Gjirokastër County, southeastern Albania.^[2] It is part of the former commune of Pogon. After the 2015 local government reform, it became part of the municipality of Dropull.^[3] A secondary border crossing point with Greece is situated near Sopik. According to a 2014 report by the Albanian government, there were 670 ethnic Greeks in the village.^[4]

References

^ "Kodi Postar, Qarku Gjirokastër" [Postal Code, Gjirokastër County] (PDF). Posta Shqiptare. 2017.
^ Sopik Location
^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ "Fourth Report submitted by Albania pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Albania. p. 98. Retrieved 28 December 2018.