Gjirokastër District () was one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 counties. It had a population of 55,991 in 2001, and an area of . It contained a large Greek ethnic minority. It is in the south of the country, and its capital was the city of Gjirokastër. Its territory is now part of Gjirokastër County: the municipalities of Gjirokastër, Dropull and Libohovë.
Administrative divisions
The district consisted of the following municipalities:
- Antigonë
- Cepo
- Dropull i Poshtëm
- Dropull i Sipërm
- Gjirokastër
- Lazarat
- Libohovë
- Lunxhëri
- Odrie
- Picar
- Pogon
- Qendër Libohovë
- Zagori
Villages of Gjirokastër
- Andon Poci
- Asim Zenel
- Bularat
- Cepos
- Derviçan
- Erind
- Frashtan
- Fushë-Bardhë
- Gerhot
- Golem (Gjirokastër)
- Goranxi
- Jergucat
- Kolonjë (Gjirokastër)<sup>1</sup>
- Kardhiq
- Krioner
- Lazarat
- Labova e Zhapes
- Labovë e Kryqit
- Libohova
- Mashkullorë
- Mingul
- Nivan
- Palokastër
- Picar
- Poliçan<sup>2</sup>
- Prongji
- Valare
- Vrisera
- Zhej
- Zhulat
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- Pepeli
<sup>1</sup> - not to be confused with Kolonjë District<br>
<sup>2</sup> - not to be confused with Poliçan of Skrapar District
Demographics
thumb|220px|Bilingual sign in [[Dropull on the SH4.]]
In fieldwork undertaken by Greek scholar Leonidas Kallivretakis in the area during 1992, the district of Gjirokastër had 66,000 inhabitants of which 40% were Greeks, 12% Vlachs and an Orthodox Albanian population of 21%. Gjirokastër has a mixed population consisting of Muslim Albanians, Greeks and an Orthodox Albanian population while the city in 1992 had an overall Albanian majority.