Malakasi

Malakasi Μαλακάσι
Malakasi
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 39°48′N 21°20′E / 39.800°N 21.333°ECoordinates: 39°48′N 21°20′E / 39.800°N 21.333°E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Thessaly
Regional unit	Trikala
Municipality	Kalampaka
Population (2001)[1]
• Municipal unit	2,090
Community
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Vehicle registration	ΤΚ

Malakasi (Greek: Μαλακάσι) is a village and a former municipality in the Trikala regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kalampaka, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] Population 2,090 (2001). The seat of the municipality was in Panagia.

Municipal unit

The municipal unit of Malakasi includes the settlements of Korydallos, Malakasi, Panagia, Pefki and Trygona.

Geography

The village is part of the wider Zagori region,^[3] between Epirus and Thessaly.

History

The village takes its name from the Malakasioi, a Vlach tribe or clan that moved to the area from central Albania in the 14th century.^[4]

Ottoman period

During the Ottoman period, Epirus and Aetolia-Acarnania were divided into five armatolikia: Malakasi, Tzoumerka, Xeromero, Lidorikion, and Venetiko.^[5][6]

In May 1871, Malakasi was the seat of the Malakasi nahiye of the Ioannina kaza.^[7]

Demographics

The village is inhabited by "Vlachs" (Βλαχι),^[8] who are called Malakasi and inhabit the villages from Malakasi to Gardiki.^[9]

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. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
3. Dionysios A. Zakythēnos (1976). The Making of Modern Greece: From Byzantium to Independence. Rowman and Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-87471-796-9.
4. Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond (1976). Migrations and invasions in Greece and adjacent areas. Noyes Press. pp. 39–42. ISBN 978-0-8155-5047-1.
5. Apostolos Euangelou Vakalopoulos (1976). The Greek Nation, 1453-1669: The Cultural and Economic Background of Modern Greek Society. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-0810-8.
6. Миодраг Стојановић (1984). Хајдуци и клефти у народном песништву. Српска академија наука и уметности, Балканолошки институт. p. 41.
7. Константин Леонтьев; Анатолий Васильевич Торкунов (2003). Дипломатические донесения, письма, записки, отчеты 1865-1872. РОССПЭН. p. 319.
8. Tom Winnifrith (1987). The Vlachs: the history of a Balkan people. Duckworth. ISBN 978-0-7156-2135-6.
9. Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond (1967). Epirus: the Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas. Clarendon P.