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The Greeks in Albania are ethnic Greeks who live in or originate from areas within modern Albania. After ethnic Albanians , they form the second largest ethnic group in the country. They are mostly concentrated in the south of the country, in the areas of the northern part of the historical region of Epirus , in parts of Vlorë County , [5 ...
- est. around 200,000
- over 15,000 (est. 1965)
Profile. Greeks make up the largest ethnic minority in Albania. According to the 1989 census, there were 58,758 Greeks in Albania. The 2011 census recorded 24,243 self-declared Greeks in Albania, comprising 0.87 percent of the resident population. Other estimates are much higher.
Mar 19, 2010 · The Greek government claims that there are - or were - about 200,000 ethnic Greeks in Albania. Official Albanian sources (such as the 1989 census) cite a maximum of 58,000 (along with 4700 Macedonians, 1300 Roma, and 1300 Vlachs of a total population of 3.3 million).
People of Albania Ethnic groups. Albania has one of the most homogeneous populations in Europe, with non-Albanians accounting for less than one-tenth of the total population. The largest minorities are Vlachs; Greeks, concentrated mainly in the southeast; and Macedonians, living along the eastern border.
Dec 12, 2022 · Stavros Tzimas. 12.12.2022 • 11:40. Members of the ethnic Greek minority in southern Albania lament their community’s dwindling numbers, saying that unless incentives are given to young people to return to their ancestral villages the community will eventually disappear.
Dec 22, 2022 · Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis pledged Athens’ support for the ethnic Greek minority in southern Albania during his visit to the towns of Himara, Dervician, and Livadhja on Thursday. The “ethnic Greek minority in Albania…is a bridge of friendship between Greece and Albania,” he said in Himara, where members of the Greek ethnic ...
Albania recognizes nine ethnic or cultural minorities, which are the Aromanian, Greek, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Serb, Roma, Egyptian, Bosnian and Bulgarian peoples. Additional minorities are the Gorani and Jews. Overview. Issues of ethnicity are a delicate topic and subject to debate.
