Mala Prespa

Mala Prespa (Macedonian and Bulgarian: Мала Преспа, lit. 'Small Prespa') is a term used to denote a geographical area in eastern Albania, part of the wider region of Prespa. It is located on the western shore of Lake Prespa along the southeastern edge of Albania within the wider Korçë County and bordering the Pogradec and Devoll municipalities. The area is synonymous with Pustec Municipality.

For other uses, see Prespa (disambiguation).
Historical location of Slavic groups that inhabited Albania in the early 20th century.
A bilingual directional road sign in Pustec Municipality, written in both Albanian and Macedonian

It is officially recognised as a Macedonian minority zone.[1] According to the 2011 Census, in Albania there are about 5,000 Macedonians, primarily in the Mala Prespa area, forming 97% of the population of the Pustec Municipality.[2] This area also contains small numbers of Aromanians (Arvanito-Vlachs) and, according to Bulgarian sources, Bulgarians.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. "Macedonians".
  2. "Population and Housing Census 2011". INSTAT (Albanian Institute of Statistics). Archived from the original on 2017-08-03.
  3. Mangalakova, Tanya (2004). Ethnic Bulgarians in Mala Prespa and Golo Brdo. Sofia; International Centre for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations (IMIR).
  4. Mediapool.bg 14.10.2017, Албания призна българското национално малцинство.

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