Neochoraki (Greek: Νεοχωράκι, before 1928: ΝεοκάζηNeokazi;[2] Macedonian and Bulgarian: Неокази, Neokazi)[3] is a village in the Florina regional unit, Greece.

Neochoraki
Νεοχωράκι
Neochoraki is located in Greece
Neochoraki
Neochoraki
Coordinates: 40°49.59′N 21°32.59′E / 40.82650°N 21.54317°E / 40.82650; 21.54317
CountryGreece
Administrative regionWest Macedonia
Regional unitFlorina
MunicipalityFlorina
Municipal unitMeliti
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community
421
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

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Bulgarian Macedonian revolutionary Karste Londev from Neokazi

In 1873, Néokaza, at the time within the Lerin (Florina) kaza in Manastir Sanjak and Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire, was recorded as having 250 households and 630 male Bulgarian inhabitants.[4]

In the early 20th century the British journalist Henry Noel Brailsford noted Neocazi as "a poor Bulgarian hamlet on the plain not far from Florina", burnt by the Turks during the Ilinden Uprising.[5]

The 1920 Greek census recorded 486 people in the village, and 130 inhabitants (26 families) were Muslim in 1923.[6] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Neokazi were from Asia Minor (2) and from the Caucasus (29) in 1926.[6] The 1928 Greek census recorded 585 village inhabitants.[6] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 31 (117 people).[6]

References

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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. ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Neochoraki – Neokazi". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ^ Васил Кънчов. „Македония. Етнография и статистика“. София, 1900, стр.249.
  4. ^ „Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г.“ Македонски научен институт, Sofia, 1995, стр. 82-83.
  5. ^ Brailsford, H. N. Macedonia: Its Races and Their Future, London 1906, p. 160
  6. ^ 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.). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 74. Retrieved 30 March 2022.