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Malakasi

Coordinates: 39°48′N 21°20′E / 39.800°N 21.333°E / 39.800; 21.333
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Malakasi
Μαλακάσι
Malakasi is located in Greece
Malakasi
Malakasi
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 39°48′N 21°20′E / 39.800°N 21.333°E / 39.800; 21.333
CountryGreece
Administrative regionThessaly
Regional unitTrikala
MunicipalityMeteora
Area
 • Municipal unit157.5 km2 (60.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipal unit
612
 • Municipal unit density3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
 • Community
134
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΤΚ

Malakasi (Greek: Μαλακάσι) is a village and a former 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.

Municipal unit

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

Geography

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

History

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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

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During the Ottoman period, Epirus and Aetolia-Acarnania were divided into five armatolikia: Malakasi, Tzoumerka, Xeromero, Lidorikion, and Venetiko.[10][11]

In May 1871, Malakasi was the seat of the Malakasi nahiye of the Ioannina kaza.[12]

Demographics

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

References

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  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.
  4. ^ Dionysios A. Zakythēnos (1976). The Making of Modern Greece: From Byzantium to Independence. Rowman and Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-87471-796-9.
  5. ^ Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond (1976). Migrations and invasions in Greece and adjacent areas. Noyes Press. pp. 39–42. ISBN 978-0-8155-5047-1.
  6. ^ Valentini 1956, p. 306.
  7. ^ Sansaridou-Hendrickx 2017, p. 289.
  8. ^ Fine 1994, p. 253.
  9. ^ Valentini 1956, p. 306
  10. ^ Apostolos Euangelou Vakalopoulos (1976). The Greek Nation, 1453-1669: The Cultural and Economic Background of Modern Greek Society. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-0810-8.
  11. ^ Миодраг Стојановић (1984). Хајдуци и клефти у народном песништву. Српска академија наука и уметности, Балканолошки институт. p. 41.
  12. ^ Константин Леонтьев; Анатолий Васильевич Торкунов (2003). Дипломатические донесения, письма, записки, отчеты 1865-1872. РОССПЭН. p. 319. ISBN 9785824303766.
  13. ^ Tom Winnifrith (1987). The Vlachs: the history of a Balkan people. Duckworth. ISBN 978-0-7156-2135-6.
  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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