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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

1. De Facto Population of Greece Population and Housing Census of March 18th, 2001 (PDF 39 MB). National Statistical Service of Greece. 2003.
2. 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 {{citation}}: Check |issn= value (help); More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help); Unknown parameter |editorfirst= ignored (|editor-first= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |editorlast= ignored (|editor-last= suggested) (help)
3. Vlora, Ekrem(2001) (in Albanian), Kujtime , Tirana, Albania: Shtëpia e librit & Komunikimit, | ISBN 99927-661-6-6

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