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| '''Vlachs''' are the Romanized population in Central and Eastern Europe, including Romanians, Aromanians, Istro-Romanians and Megleno-Romanians. | '''Vlachs''' are the Romanized population in Central and Eastern Europe, including Romanians, Aromanians, Istro-Romanians and Megleno-Romanians, but since the creation of the Romanian state, this term was mostly used for the Vlachs living South of ]. | ||
| The name's origin seems to be from German for ''foreigner''. | The name's origin seems to be from German for ''foreigner''. | ||
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| '''Megleno-Romanians''' are living in ] |
'''Megleno-Romanians''' are living in ] province of ], with a population of 12,000. | ||
| '''Istro-Romanians''' are living in ], with a population of less than 1,000. | '''Istro-Romanians''' are living in ], with a population of less than 1,000. | ||
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Vlachs are the Romanized population in Central and Eastern Europe, including Romanians, Aromanians, Istro-Romanians and Megleno-Romanians, but since the creation of the Romanian state, this term was mostly used for the Vlachs living South of Danube.
The name's origin seems to be from German for foreigner.
Romanians are living in
and as a minority in
- Ukraine - 500,000; in Southern Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
- Serbia - 70,000; in Serbian Banat
- Bulgaria - 20,000
- Hungary - 11,000
- Slovakia - 9,000
Aromanians are living as a minority in
- Northern Greece - between 700,000 and 1,200,000; in the Pindus Mountains
- Note: the Greek government does not recognise any ethnic divisions, so there are no exact statistics. See Demographics of Greece.
- Serbia - between 100,000 and 600,000; mostly in the Timoc Valley
- Macedonia - between 150,000 and 180,000
- Albania - between 100,000 and 400,000
- Romania - about 50,000; mostly in Dobruja
- Bulgaria
Megleno-Romanians are living in Greek province of Meglen, with a population of 12,000.
Istro-Romanians are living in Croatia, with a population of less than 1,000.
See also:
- List of Romanians - Vlachs of Romanian ethnicity
- List of Vlachs - Vlachs of Aromanian ethnicity