Margariti

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Margariti
Μαργαρίτι
Margariti is located in Greece
Margariti
Margariti
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Location within the regional unit
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Country Greece
Administrative region Epirus
Regional unit Thesprotia
Municipality Igoumenitsa
Population (2001)[1]
 • Municipal unit 3,032
Community
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Vehicle registration ΗΝ

Margariti (Greek: Μαργαρίτι; Albanian: Margëlliç[2]) is a village and a former municipality in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Igoumenitsa, of which it is a municipal unit.[3] Population 3,032 (2001).

History

In February 1913, Margariti was taken by the Greek army and joined Greece following the Treaty of London. During that period all village elders of the region gathered and declared that they would resist the incorporation of the area into Greece.[4] At that time the town had a mixed population of Greeks and Cham Albanians until the final expulsion as a result of the Cham collaboration with the Nazi occupation forces. Almost all Cham Albanian monuments of Margariti were destroyed during WWII.[5]

Province

The province of Margariti (Greek: Επαρχία Μαργαριτίου) was one of the provinces of the Thesprotia Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipal units Margariti and Perdika.[6] It was abolished in 2006.

Notable residents

References

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  3. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
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  6. Detailed census results 1991 PDF (39 MB) (Greek) (French)
  7. Vlora, Ekrem(2001) (in Albanian), Kujtime [Memories], Tirana, Albania: Shtëpia e librit & Komunikimit, ISBN 99927-661-6-6
  8. Margariti.gr


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