Greeks in North Macedonia

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Greeks in North Macedonia
Total population
294
Languages
Ethnic Greeks

Greeks (Macedonian: Грци, Grci [ɡr̩t͡si]) in North Macedonia form an ethnic minority numbering 294 individuals per 2021 census.[1]

Current status

Greeks are mainly settled now in the cities of Gevgelija (Greek: Γευγελή, Gevgelī́) and Bitola (Greek: Μοναστήρι, Monastī́ri).[2] Today most Greeks in the country are political refugees who fled Greece due to the Greek Civil War[3] and their descendants.[4] Ethnologue also cites Greek as an "immigrant language" in the Republic of North Macedonia.[5] In 2002, 422 individuals declared themselves as Greeks in the census.[6] The 2021 census recorded 294 individuals declaring their ethnicity as Greek.[1]

Aromanians

There is a historical controversy surrounding a Greek minority within North Macedonia, that stems from the

Rum millet.[7] A large number of Aromanians with Greek identity left the region after the Balkan Wars, with Florina in Greece witnessing the arrival of a large Greek-speaking commercial population from Monastiri (Bitola).[8] The present-day community is a remnant of the formerly larger Aromanian community of the part of Macedonia that fell within the borders of the Kingdom of Serbia after the Balkan Wars.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Today, the Aromanians in North Macedonia
are an officially recognized minority group numbering ca. 10,000 people, although some estimates put this number higher.

Notable historical personalities

The following people were born during Ottoman times in what is today North Macedonia:

See also

References

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  7. ^ Roudometof, Victor (1996). "Nationalism and Identity Politics in the Balkans: Greece and the Macedonian Question". Journal of Modern Greek Studies. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
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