Kastri, Thesprotia

Kastri Καστρί
Kastri
Coordinates: 39°33′N 20°16′E / 39.550°N 20.267°E / 39.550; 20.267Coordinates: 39°33′N 20°16′E / 39.550°N 20.267°E / 39.550; 20.267
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Epirus
Regional unit	Thesprotia
Municipality	Igoumenitsa
Municipal unit	Igoumenitsa
Community
• Population	760
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Vehicle registration	ΗΝ

Kastri (Greek: Καστρί or Καστρίον, Kastríon; Albanian: Kastriot) is a town in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece.^[1]^[2] The local church is dedicated to Saint George.

Kastri is regarded as a place mainly inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian-speaking community.^[3] During the Axis occupation of Greece, 18 residents of Kastri were executed by German forces and local Cham Albanian collaborators.^[4]

Sources

↑ "Location of Kastri". Retrieved 2 May 2010.
↑ Ahmedaja, Ardian; Gerlinde Haid (2008). European voices: Multipart singing in the Balkans and the Mediterranean. European Voices 1. Böhlau Verlag Wien. p. 243. ISBN 3-205-78090-6.
↑ Ethnologia Balkanica. LIT Verlag Münster. 2002. p. 179.
↑ Έκθεσις των γενομένων ζημιών εν γένει Ηπείρου από της κηρύξεως του Ελληνο-ιταλικού πολέμου (28-10-40) μέχρι της τελικής απελευθερώσεώς της, Οκτώβριος 1944, Βιβλιοθήκη Ηπειρωτικής Εταιρείας Αθηνών, Αθήνα 1987, σ. 136 και 140.

Cham Albanians

History	Pashalik of Janina Souliotes (Souliote Confederacy Catastrophe of Zalongo Albanian Regiment (French Army) Assembly of Preveza Albanian Committee of Janina Chams in the Greco-Turkish population exchange Party of the Chameria

Cham issue	Cham Albanian Resistance during World War II 4th "Ali Demi" Battalion "Chameria" Battalion Axis-Cham Albanian collaboration Këshilla Paramythia executions Expulsion of Cham Albanians Paramythia Massacre Filiates Massacre Anti-Fascist Committee of Cham Immigrants Liberation Army of Chameria

Organizations	"Çamëria" Association Chameria Human Rights Association Party for Justice, Integration and Unity Democratic Foundation of Chameria Bilal Xhaferri Cultural Association

Culture	Cham Albanian dialect Cham music Cham iso-poliphony Song of Çelo Mezani Song of Marko Boçari Dance of Osman Taka Dance of Zalongo Krahu i shqiponjës Zëri i Çamërisë

Main Settlements	Chameria Konispol Markat Paramythia Filiates Igoumenitsa Katavothra Parapotamos Syvota Sagiada Perdika Margariti Kastri¹ Fanari Preveza Parga Other² Vlorë Durrës Tirana Himara Borshi Erenköy Kartal Mudanya Izmir Gemlik Aydin Ioannina Preveza Chicago Boston New York

Individuals	Azis Tahir Ajdonati Aziz Çami Hamdi Çami Muhamet Kyçyku (Çami) Qamil Çami Thoma Çami Refo Çapari Ali Demi Musa Demi Niazi Demi Rexhep Demi Tahir Demi Abedin Dino Ahmed Dino Ali Dino Rasih Dino Shahin Dino Veli Gërra Shpëtim Idrizi Tahir Muhedini Teme Sejko Dashamir Tahiri Hasan Tahsini Osman Taka Jakup Veseli Bilal Xhaferri

¹Settlements inhabited by communities known as Arvanites, and very rarely characterized as Cham ²Settlements with a considerable population of Cham refugees or emigrants

Subdivisions of the municipality of Igoumenitsa

Municipal unit of Igoumenitsa	Agia Marina Agios Vlasios Graikochori Igoumenitsa Kastri Kryovrysi Ladochori Mavroudi Nea Selefkeia

Municipal unit of Margariti	Eleftheri Karteri Katavothra Margariti Mazarakia Mesovouni Spatharaioi

Municipal unit of Parapotamos	Drimitsa Geroplatanos Koritiani Parapotamos

Municipal unit of Perdika	Perdika

Municipal unit of Syvota	Argyrotopos Faskomilia Plataria Syvota

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