[14] The town of Himara during the 16th-18th centuries was ecclesiastically under the jurisdiction of Rome, and some of its inhabitants were Catholics of the Eastern rite.

[15] Himarë is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1583 as a settlement in the Sanjak of Delvina with a total of 130 households.

The anthroponymy recorded predominantly belonged to the Albanian onomastic sphere (e.g., Gjok Dhim Gjini, Dedë Kola, Gjika Gjoni, Lika Kondi), however, personal names reflecting broader Orthodox Christian anthroponymy are also recorded – including Greek (e.g., Thanas Jorgonllu).

[16] The Italian missionary Giuseppe Schirò wrote in 1722 that the town of Himarë was inhabited by Greeks.

[17] In the Ottoman census of 1895 in the town of Himara around 220 houses were counted, being also the center of a Nahiyah that consisted of seven settlements.

Commercial services, schools, a health center and organized sports facilities are also located in Spilë.