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Revision as of 16:13, 19 September 2003 by Bogdangiusca (talk | contribs) (new)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Vlachs are the Romanized population in Central and Eastern Europe, including Romanians, Aromanians, Istro-Romanians and Megleno-Romanians.
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
- Bulgaria
Megleno-Romanians are living in Serbian province of Meglen, with a population of 12,000.
Istro-Romanians are living in Croatia, with a population of less than 1,000.