Chalara, Kastoria
Community in Macedonia, Greece
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Chalara (Greek: Χαλάρα, before 1927: Podovista – Ποδοβίστα)[2] is a village and a community in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
Chalara | |
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  Chalara | |
| Coordinates: 40°38′48″N 21°13′57″E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kastoria |
| Municipality | Kastoria |
| Municipal unit | Korestia |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 9 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[3] The village Chalara had a total of 723 inhabitants, and was populated by 700 Slavophones with a Bulgarian national consciousness.[4] The inhabitants spoke the Dolna Koreshcha variant of the Kostur dialect[5]