Vergo is a village and a former municipality in the Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the Delvinë municipality. The population at the 2023 census was 1,214.
The municipal unit consists of the villages Vergo, Tatzat, Kalasë, Fushë Vërri, Kopaçez, Qafë Dardhë (previously: Palavli) and Bajkaj inhabited by Muslim Albanians, and Senicë, populated by an Orthodox Albanian population, making up 94% and 6% of the total each.Greece – Albania Neighbourhood Programme Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "Η ελληνική κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το πρίσμα της ιστορικής γεωγραφίας και δημογραφίας [The Greek Community of Albania in terms of historical geography and demography." In Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]. University of Athens. p. 51. "ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί; AM Αλβανοί Μουσουλμάνοι” p.54. "KOPAÇEZA ΚΟΠΑΤΣΑΣ 667 ΑΜ; VERGOJA ΒΕΡΓΚΟ 655 ΑΜ; FUSHE VERIZA ΦΟΥΣΒΕΡΙ 553 ΑΜ; SENICA ΣΕΝΙΤΣΑ 249 ΑΧ; KALASA ΚΑΛΙΑΣΑ 882 ΑΜ; ΤΑΤΖATI ΤΑΤΖΑΤΙ 295 ΑΜ; PALAVLIA ΠΑΛΙΑΥΛΗ 401 ΑΜ; BAJKAJ ΜΠΑΪΚΑ 1233 ΑΜ"
In 1779, a Greek school was founded in Vergo by Orthodox missionary, Kosmas the Aetolian.
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