AVLONA, a Turkish European paschalic, comprehending a part of the ancient Albania, and a province on the sea-coast. It is bounded on the north and north-east by the paschalic of Ilbessan, on the south-east by Yanina, on the south by Delonia, and on the west by the Adriatic Sea. The climate and soil resemble that of the south of France, and the productions are similar. The woods abound with game, and the rivers and coasts with fish. The chief trade is the export of corn, salt, and pitch, with some live cattle. The inhabitants amount to about 250,000,
of whom two thirds are Arnauts and Greeks of the Greek church, and one third Arnauts and Turks of the Mahomedan faith. The Kimariots are few in number, but lead a wild life among the mountains, in a kind of savage republican state of equality. Most of them are of the Greek faith, but some are Mahomedans. It extends from long. 19. 38. to 20. 25. E. and from lat. 39. 50. to 40. 51. N.