Malakasi

Coordinates: 39°48′N 21°20′E / 39.800°N 21.333°E / 39.800; 21.333
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Malakasi
Μαλακάσι
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Malakasi (

municipality in the Trikala regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Meteora, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 157.534 km2.[3] Population 612 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Panagia
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Municipal unit

The municipal unit of Malakasi includes the settlements of Korydallos, Malakasi, Panagia, Pefki and Trygona.

Geography

The village is part of the wider Zagori region,[4] between Epirus and Thessaly.

History

The village takes its name from the Malakasii, an Albanian tribe or clan that moved to the area from central Albania in the 14th century.[5][6][7][8] The name most probably refers to the Albanian Malakasii tribe's region of origin in the plain of Mallakastër in southern Albania.[9]

Ottoman period

During the

Lidorikion, and Venetiko.[10][11]

In May 1871, Malakasi was the seat of the Malakasi

Demographics

The village is inhabited by "Vlachs" (Βλαχι),[13] who are called Malakasi and inhabit the villages from Malakasi to Gardiki.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
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  6. ^ Valentini 1956, p. 306.
  7. ^ Sansaridou-Hendrickx 2017, p. 289.
  8. ^ Fine 1994, p. 253.
  9. ^ Valentini 1956, p. 306
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  11. ^ Миодраг Стојановић (1984). Хајдуци и клефти у народном песништву. Српска академија наука и уметности, Балканолошки институт. p. 41.
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  14. ^ Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond (1967). Epirus: the Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas. Clarendon P.

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