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| Settlement | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,032 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΗΝ |
Margariti (Template:Lang-el, Template:Lang-sq) is a municipality in Thesprotia, Greece. Population 3,032 (2001).
History
In February 1913 the town liberated from the Greek army thus ending Ottoman's occupation. Until the Second World War the town had a mixed population of Greeks and Cham Albanians.
Notable Individuals of Margariti
- Jakup Veseli, representative of Chameria in Vlora Congress, signatory of Albanian Declaration of Independence.
References
- De Facto Population of Greece Population and Housing Census of March 18th, 2001 (PDF 39 MB). National Statistical Service of Greece. 2003.
- Kretsi, Georgia (2002), "The Secret Past of the Greek-Albanian Borderlands. Cham Muslim Albanians: Perspectives on a Conflict over Historical Accountability and Current Rights", Ethnologia Balkanica (6), Munich, Germany: Waxmann Verlag: 171-195, ISSN 1111-0411, retrieved 2009-03-31
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