The city of Saranda is located in the southwestern part of the Ionian Sea, and is the port The marine environment is mentioned for the first time under the ONLY name in the I century P.k, served as the harbor for the passage from Epirus to the Italian peninsula, the southeastern wind a lot of It was not possible for this sailing to be known as Onhezmit. The largest development of this small town was from the second to the second century BC and it was also a part of the sea. In the 4th and 4th centuries, the city was restored to the first berth and recruited with 2m thick protective walls, carrying about 5 ha of land. Within the half-timbered castle tower, the archaeological excavations have revealed the ruins of quaint dwellings and a basilica of Paleochristian from the 5th to 6th centuries, the floor of which was paved with In a number of church acts of the years 414-516, it is mentioned as a bishopric and as a town. In the 6th century Hierokl crossroads, the scene named Anhazia is one of the 12 cities in the province of Epirus
The oldest part of the Byzantine era in the western part of the present city, the ruins of a Paleochristian monastery named Ajiu Saranda (Forty Saints) that rose in The slope of the mountain over Saranda and the construction at the end of the 16th-first century XVII century of the Lekuresi castle in the south of the city, shows that Onhezmi is ancient, although in decline, has run through other names. Saranda's name entered In use at the end of the 20th century to the 1930s by the inhabitants was called "Skele." In 1876 there was a customs official Naim Frasheri. In 1878 he was burned and fed by Greek members of the corfu . In 1927, there were about 800 inhabitants and did not enter the city. Something more popular in the years 30-40, when trade was developed, stores, warehouses, commercial houses, etc. In the early 30s of the century In XX of the city of Saranda, the decision of ru (Nowadays it has doubled), was built the new pier, the protective wall against the waves and the 3 main rushes.Saranda is the third port in the country after the importance of Durrës and Vlora . Nowadays, Saranda is considered one of the cities of Pearl of Albania and its activity is mainly based on tourism and port processing. In 1990 its population was about 16,400 inhabitants. The number of inhabitants of the Saranda district (according to the statistics of 1993) is 53,730 inhabitants, while the surface is 1097km2.