Vlorë  is a municipality in the southwest of Albania with an estimated population of 130,827 in an area of 647.94 km2 (250.17 sq mi). It is the administrative center of the homonymous municipality seat of the Country of Vlore.

Geographically the city is located on the Bay of Vlore and the foothills of the  Ceraunian Mountains  at the strait of Otranto  along the Adriatic and ionian Sea  within the Mediterranean Sea