- For the history of the wider region of Epirus including Chameria, see Epirus (region). Epirus (from Ionic Greek Ήπειρος - Ēpeiros, Doric Greek: Ἅπειρος - Apeiros, in Albanian
Chameria (Albanian: Çamëria, often rendered in Greek as Τσαμουριά Tsamouriá) is the Albanian name for the coastal region of Epirus in southern Albania and northwestern Greece. Albanian (sq ''Gjuha shqipe'' ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ is an Indo-European language spoken by nearly 6 million peoplewhile others claim that it derives from Daco - Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Albanian (sq ''Gjuha shqipe'' ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ is an Indo-European language spoken by nearly 6 million peoplewhile others claim that it derives from Daco - Epirus (from Ionic Greek Ήπειρος - Ēpeiros, Doric Greek: Ἅπειρος - Apeiros, in Albanian This article is about the country in southern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Albania topics. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Most of what the Albanians call Çamëria is part of the Greek prefecture (nomos) of Thesprotia. Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 3 super-prefectures and 54 prefectures or nomes This article is about a place in Greece; For the taxonomic classification, see Thesprotia (genus Thesprotia (Θεσπρωτία
Although Chameria is often used to refer to a wider historical region roughly equivalent to the whole of Epirus, in the last century it has usually denoted the area around Igoumenitsa and Paramythia, i. Igoumenitsa ( Greek: Ηγουμενίτσα Gumenicë or Gumenica is a coastal city in northwestern Greece. For the bird genus see Paramythia Paramythia (Παραμυθιά alternative transliteration Paramithia, Albanian e. Thesprotia Prefecture, along with the Parga area of Preveza Prefecture and the Butrint area (the southern Sarandë District) in Albania. Parga (Πάργα Pargë is a town and a municipality located in the northwestern part of Preveza in northwestern Greece being surrounded entirely by the prefecture Preveza (Πρεβεζα is one of the Prefectures of Greece. It is within the Epirus periphery Butrint ( Albanian: Butrint or Butrinti) is an Ancient Greek city and an archeological site in Sarandë, Albania Ksamiljpg|thumb|Lake Butrint and the village of Ksamil south of Sarandë seen from the Greek island Corfu]]The District of Sarandë ( Albanian: Rrethi i Sarandës,
Chameria (except for Butrint and seven neighboring villages), along with the rest of southern Epirus, was awarded to Greece by the 1913 Conference of Ambassadors which delineated the border between Greece and Albania. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Conference of Ambassadors of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers was an inter-allied organ of the Entente in the period following the end of World War I Due to the disruption caused by World War I, Greece did not actually take control until 1920 following the Paris Peace Conference. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar The decision was strongly disputed by the new Albanian state and many of region's ethnic Albanian inhabitants, who agitated for the annexation of Greek Chameria to Albania. A similar situation arose in neighbouring Northern Epirus - the decision of the international community to award the region to Albania was strongly opposed by Greece and the Greeks residing there. Greek minority In Albania, Greeks are considered a "national minority" The Greeks ( Greek: Έλληνες) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions
The region was occupied by Italian-ruled Albania from 1941-1944 but was not annexed due to German opposition. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Although an Albanian high commissioner, Xhemil Dino, was appointed by the Italians, Chameria remained under the control of the Axis military command in Athens. The Axis powers also known as the Axis alliance Axis nations Axis countries or sometimes just the Axis were those Countries Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's The region was restored to Greece following the German withdrawal at the end of 1944 but became a central battleground in the Greek Civil War. The Greek Civil War (ο Eμφύλιος, "the Civil War" fought from 1946 to 1949 by the Governmental forces receiving logistical support by the United Kingdom Since then, some Albanian nationalists have continued to call for Chameria to become part of a Greater Albania. The term Greater Albania or Great Albania refers to land which is outside the borders of the Republic of Albania that Albanian nationalists claim as their own because
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References and further reading
- Albania at War, 1939-45, Bernd I. This article is about a place in Greece; For the taxonomic classification, see Thesprotia (genus Thesprotia (Θεσπρωτία Cham Albanians, or Chams ( Albanian: Çamë Greek: Τσάμηδες Tsámidhes) are a group of ethnic Albanians who originally resided The Chameria issue is an issue which has been raised by Albania since the 1990s over the expulsion of the Muslim Cham Albanians, a few thousands of whom had collaborated Fischer, p. 85. C. Hurst & Co, 1999
- Historical Atlas of Central Europe, 2nd. ed. Paul Robert Magocsi. Seattle: U. of Washington Press, 2002.
- Collective Memory, National Identity, and Ethnic Conflict: Greece, Bulgaria, and the Macedonian Question, Victor Roudometof
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