Megleno-Rumenler
The Megleno-Romanians, also known as Meglenites (), Moglenite Vlachs or simply Vlachs (), are an Eastern Romance ethnic group, originally inhabiting seven villages in the Moglena region spanning the Pella and Kilkis regional units of Central Macedonia, Greece, and one village, Huma, across the border in North Macedonia. These people live in an area of approximately 300 km2 in size. Unlike the Aromanians, the other Romance-speaking population in the same historic region, the Megleno-Romanians are traditionally sedentary agriculturalists, and not traditionally transhumants. Sometimes, the M
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Megleno-Romanians
- Ethnic group.population
- 5,000–20,000
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 4,000
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 1,000
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 4,000–5,000
- Ethnic group.region4
- (Dobruja)
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 1,200
- Ethnic group.region5
- (Banat)
- Ethnic group.pop5
- Unknown
- Ethnic group.languages
- Megleno-Romanian, Greek, Macedonian
- Ethnic group.religions
- Orthodox Christianity, Sunni Islam (in Turkey)
- Ethnic group.related
- Aromanians, Istro-Romanians, Romanians
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