Niki, Kastoria
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Niki | |
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Settlement | |
Coordinates: 40°22′44″N 21°6′19″E / 40.37889°N 21.10528°E | |
Country | Greece |
Geographic region | Macedonia |
Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
Regional unit | Kastoria |
Municipality | Argos Orestiko |
Municipal unit | Argos Orestiko |
Community | Melanthio |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 20 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Niki (Greek: Νίκη, before 1954: Βύτσιστα – Vytsista[2]) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. It is part of the community of Melanthio.
Vytsista was populated by Muslim Albanians of the Bektashi Order.[3] The Greek census (1920) recorded 318 people in the village and in 1923 there were 250 inhabitants (or 35 families) who were Muslim.[4] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, in Vytsista there was 1 refugee family from Asia Minor and 39 refugee families from Pontus in 1926.[4] The Greek census (1928) recorded 123 inhabitants.[4] In 1928 there were 38 refugee families (131 people).[4] After the population exchange, the Pontian refugees converted the small tekke in the village into a church.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Vytsista – Niki". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ a b Stavridopoulos, Ioannis (2015). Μνημεία του άλλου: η διαχείριση της οθωμανικής πολιτιστική κληρονομιάς της Μακεδονίας από το 1912 έως σήμερα [Monuments of the other: The management of the Ottoman cultural heritage of Macedonia from 1912 until present] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). University of Ioannina. p. 273. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d Pelagidis, Efstathios (1992). Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930) [The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 76. Retrieved 30 March 2022.