Greeks in Albania facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Northern Epirotes
Βορειοηπειρώτες
Total population
Spyromilios • Konstantinos Zappas • Georgios Christakis-Zografos • Pyrros Dimas Northern Epirote Declaration of Independence
est. over 215,000 (Greeks of southern Albania/Northern Epirus) Greeks of southern Albania/Northern Epirus (including those of ancestral descent)
Regions with significant populations
Albania, Greece, United States, Australia
Albania and Greece	est. 200.000
United States of America	over 15,000 (est. 1965)
Languages
Greek, Himariote Greek dialect (in the Himarë region) also Albanian and English depending on the residing place
Religion
Orthodox Christianity

The Greeks of Albania are ethnic Greeks who live in Albania. They are mostly in the south of the country.

The Greek language can only be spoken in 'minority zones'.

Images for kids

Captain of Himara, Spyros Spyromilios, leader of the local revolt, 1912
Regions with a traditional presence of ethnic or linguistic groups other than Albanian (Blue for Greeks)
Distribution of ethnic Greeks as per the 2011 Albanian Census; Greeks and other groups have been underrepresented in numbers due to boycott and irregularities.
View of Saranda
Dormition of the Theotokos Church, Labovë e Kryqit, a pilgrimage site. The present form of the church was built in the 10th century and was renovated several times after.
The Zographeion College facilities (1881) in Qestorati
Evangelos Zappas