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While Greece does not record ethnicity on censuses, Albanians form the largest non-Greek ethnic community and the top immigrant population in the country. [11] As of 2019, Greece was the second top destination for Albanians, as movement to Greece constituted 35.3% of total Albanian immigration.
The vast majority of the Albanians in Greece is estimated to be between 65–70% of the total number of immigrants in the country. According to the 2001 census, there are 443,550 holders of Albanian citizenship in Greece, with the total of Albanian immigrants in Greece numbering well over 650,000. [23]
Chameria (Albanian: Çamëria; Greek: Τσαμουριά, Tsamouriá) [2] is a term used today mostly by Albanians [3] to refer to parts of the coastal region of Epirus in southern Albania and Greece, traditionally associated with the Albanian ethnic subgroup of the Chams.
The Albanian government estimates 500,000 Albanians in Greece at the very least without accounting for their children. [12] The 2011 Greece census indicated that Albanians consisted the biggest group of migrants in Greece, numbered roughly 480,000, but taking into consideration the current population of Greece (11 million) and the fact that the ...
In addition an estimated of 189,000 ethnic Greeks who are Albanian citizens reside in Greece. [x] The Greek minority in Albania is located compactly, within the wider Gjirokastër and Sarandë regions [y] [z] [98] [aa] and in four settlements within the coastal Himarë area [y] [z] [98] [aa] [103] where they form an overall majority population.
Cham Albanians or Chams (Albanian: Çamë; Greek: Τσάμηδες, Tsámides), are a sub-group of Albanians who originally resided in the western part of the region of Epirus in southwestern Albania and northwestern Greece, an area known among Albanians as Chameria. The Chams have their own particular cultural identity within Albanian sub-groups.
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Today, there are no Albanian speaking populations in these villages, since they mixed in with the native populations and have been taught the local Greek language. [10] [11] In the 1951 census in Greece, Albanians formed around 3% of the total population in the Evros, and 0.4% in Xanthi regional unit. In the whole Western Thrace they counted 1. ...