Aromanians in Albania
| Aromanian: Rrãmãnjã di tu Arbinishii | |
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| Total population | |
| 8,266 (2011 census); estimate up to 200,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Korçë, Fier, Selenicë, Divjakë, Grabovë e Sipërme, Andon Poçi, Niçë, Llëngë | |
| Languages | |
| Aromanian, Albanian | |
| Religion | |
 Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| Aromanians |
The Aromanians in Albania (Albanian: Komuniteti Vllah) also known as Aromanians (Arumunët), Cobenjtë, Llacifacët, Cinxarët, are an ethnic group native in central and south Albania.
The Aromanians in Albania are officially called "Komuniteti Vllah". By the local population, they are often called "Çobenj", "Llacifacë" or "Cinxarë".
The Muzachia region (Aromanian: Muzachia, Albanian Myzeqe) is an area in western Albania which encompasses parts of the Fier (Aromanian: Ferãcã), Tirana and Durrës counties. It has a large Aromanian population spread across many villages. The Aromanian inhabitants of Muzachia are referred to as Muzachiars or Muzachirenji in Aromanian.
Northern Epirus encompasses southern Albania.
A large proportion of Aromanians can be found in the small part of Macedonia that lies in Albania.
The city of Moscopole (Aromanian Moscopole), Albanian: Voskopojë, Voskopoja) was home to the largest Aromanian population in the world. It was the cultural and commercial center of the Aromanians with a population of over 60,000 people. The city was razed to the ground by Ali Pasha of Ioannina in 1788 causing an exodus of Aromanian people across the Balkans. Many of these ended up in what would become the Republic of Macedonia, Albania and Greece. The largest concentration of these were in the Pelister region of Macedonia, the city of Kruševo and around the Prespa Lakes. The Moscopolitans of the Moscopoleanji as they are known in Aromanian form one of the largest populations of Aromanians today. They speak the Moscopolean dialect of Aromanian and the descendants of the Moscopolean's in Krusevo (Aromanian: Crushuva, Macedonian: Крушево) are today a fully recognised minority group under the constitutional law of the Republic of Macedonia.
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