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Katavothra

Coordinates: 39°21′N 20°24′E / 39.350°N 20.400°E / 39.350; 20.400
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Katavothra
Καταβόθρα
Katavothra is located in Greece
Katavothra
Katavothra
Coordinates: 39°21′N 20°24′E / 39.350°N 20.400°E / 39.350; 20.400
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEpirus
Regional unitThesprotia
MunicipalityIgoumenitsa
Municipal unitMargariti
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community192
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΗΝ

Katavothra (Greek: Καταβόθρα, Albanian: Luarat) is a village in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece.[2][3]

Until the end of World War II it was mainly inhabited by a Cham Albanian community.[citation needed] During the Interwar period the gendarmerie of Preveza under colonel Stavrakakis often sent notifications to the High Administration of Epirus concerning the activities of the Albanian mayor of the town Daut Buza, which the gendarmerie labeled as anti-national.[4] The semi-demolished minaret of the mosque of present-day Katavothra is one of the very few which still stood after World War II in the region.[5]

Sources

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Location of Katavothra". Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  3. ^ Naska, Kaliopi (1999). Dokumente për Çamërinë: 1912-1939. Dituria. p. 737. ISBN 99927-31-69-9.
  4. ^ Promitze, Christian (2003). History and culture of South Eastern Europe. Slavica Verlag.
  5. ^ Tsitselikis, Konstantinos (2012). Old and New Islam in Greece: From Historical Minorities to Immigrant Newcomers. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 364. ISBN 978-9004221529.