ARGYROKASTRO (Albanian Egir Castri), a town of southern Albania. Pop. (1924) 14,000, of whom nearly 75% are Muslims and the remainder Greek-speaking Orthodox Chris tians. It was practically depopulated by the plague in 1814. It is situated 1,06o ft. above sea-level on the Aoroceraunian moun tains and possesses the ruins of a big fort, formerly the head quarters of the local Muslim aristocracy. Argyrokastro was cap tured by the Turks in 1420 and held by them till the independence of Albania was established in 1913. At the close of the Balkan Wars (1912-13) the town was unsuccessfully claimed by Greece. It has been identified both with the ancient Hadrianopolis and Antigonea. There is an important cheese industry; carpets and woollen materials are woven.