Malakasi
Municipal unit in Greece
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Malakasi (Greek: Μαλακάσι) is a village and a former municipality in the Trikala regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Meteora, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 157.534 km2.[3] Population 612 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Panagia.
Malakasi
Μαλακάσι | |
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Location within the regional unit | |
  Malakasi | |
| Coordinates: 39°48′N 21°20′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Thessaly |
| Regional unit | Trikala |
| Municipality | Meteora |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 157.5 km2 (60.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 612 |
| • Municipal unit density | 3.89/km2 (10.1/sq mi) |
| • Community | 134 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΤΚ |
Municipal unit
The municipal unit of Malakasi includes the settlements of Korydallos, Malakasi, Panagia, Pefki and Trygona.
Geography
History
The village takes its name from the Malakasii, an Albanian tribe or clan that moved to the area from central Albania in the 14th century.[5][6][7][8] The name most probably refers to the Albanian Malakasii tribe's region of origin in the plain of Mallakastër in southern Albania.[9]
Ottoman period
During the Ottoman period, Epirus and Aetolia-Acarnania were divided into five armatolikia: Malakasi, Tzoumerka, Xeromero, Lidorikion, and Venetiko.[10][11]
In May 1871, Malakasi was the seat of the Malakasi nahiye of the Ioannina kaza.[12]
