Omali, Kozani
Community in Greece
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Omali (Greek: Ομαλή, before 1927: Πλάζουμη – Plazoumi),[2] is a village and a community of the Voio municipality.[3] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Tsotyli, of which it was a municipal district.[3] The 2021 census recorded 60 inhabitants in the community.[1] The settlement of Glykokerasia, with a population of 21 people in 2021, is part of the Omali community.
Omali
Ομαλή | |
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  Omali Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 40°15.433′N 21°15.908′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kozani |
| Municipality | Voio |
| Municipal unit | Tsotyli |
| Elevation | 787 m (2,582 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 60 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 500 02 |
| Area code | +30-2468 |
| Vehicle registration | ΚΖ |
According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 240 Greek Christians and 350 Greek Muslims lived in the village in 1900.[4]
Plazoumi was a mixed village and a part of its population were Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades.[5][6] The 1920 Greek census recorded 488 people in the village, and 260 inhabitants (40 families) were Muslim in 1923.[7] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Plazoumi were from East Thrace (13) and Asia Minor (36) in 1926.[7] The 1928 Greek census recorded 315 village inhabitants.[7] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 44 (180 people).[7]
