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Europe
Approximately 6,5 million Albanians are to be found within the Balkan peninsula with only about half this number residing in
Albania and the other divided between
Serbia (of which 1,804,000 in the province of
Kosovo)
Montenegro, the
Republic of Macedonia,
Greece and to a much smaller extent
Bosnia,
Croatia,
Slovenia and
Romania.
Albanians in
Greece, because of historical migration, are divided into different groupings. The first are the
Arvanites, descendants of ethnic Albanian immigrants from the 11th to the 15th century that have intermingled and been largely assimilated into the dominant Greek population and generally do not self-identify as Albanians. A second one are
Albanian nationals who migrated during the
1990s, mainly as illegal immigrants. According to the
2001 census, there were 445,000 holders of Albanian citizenship in Greece. The
Watson Institute rose this number to 600,000 in 2004
[14].
Also an unknown number of Orthodox
Cham Albanians reside in the Greek region of
Epirus (
Albanian:
Çamëria). There were thought to be a population of around 19,000 Muslim Chams before the end of
World War II who left Greece for Albania and Turkey in 1945. The exact reasons for their departure vary depending on source. (According to Greek sources, it was to avoid the impending military court sentences, a consequence of their collaboration with the Italian/German occupying forces. Albanian sources claim they were forcefully expelled by the
EDES troops of the Greek resistance for having collaborated with the Italian/German occupying forces.)
Whereas approximately 1 million are dispersed throughout the rest of Europe, most of these in the
United Kingdom,
Germany,
Switzerland,
Sweden,
Italy (the majority having arrived since 1991, but also older populations of
Arbëreshë),
Austria and
France.
[edit] Rest of the world
Americas: In the
United States the number reaches 114,000 according to the latest
2000 US Census, while in
Canada approximately 15,000 as of the 2001 census.
Oceania: In
Australia and
New Zealand 12,000 in total.
Africa: In
Egypt there are 18,000 Albanians, mostly Tosk speakers. Many are descendants of the soldiers of
Mehmet Ali. A large part of the former nobility of Egypt was Albanian in origin. A small community also resides in
South Africa.
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