Aromanian settlements can be found across the southern
Balkan peninsula. They are populated solely by or a large proportion of
Aromanians. Below is a list of the settlements that were either founded by Aromanians or are inhabited by a large number or strong Aromanian populations.
Distribution and
dialects of the Aromanian language in the southwestern Balkans
List of settlements
Muzachia region
Aromanians are the exclusive population in the settlement
Aromanians form a majority or a substantial minority in the settlement
The
Muzachia region(
Aromanian: Muzachia,
Albanian: Myzeqe) is an area in western
Albania which encompasses parts of the
Fier,
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.
Tirana (in the latest Albanian census, Tirana had the highest number of Aromanians in Albania, although Aromanians form a negligible percentage of the population)
One of the largest population of Aromanians in the Balkans is concentrated in the
Pindus Mountains. These people are referred to as Pindians or Pindenji in Aromanian. The Aromanians have traditionally formed a majority population in this area. These populations were the subjects of two failed, Italian-sponsored attempts at creating an autonomous Aromanian statelet in the area, with the
Principality of Pindus in
World War I and the so-called "
Roman Legion" in
World War II.
The
Gramos Mountains(
Aromanian: Gramostea, Gramustea,
Greek: Γράμος,
Albanian: Gramoz) in the northern part of the
Epirus region of the Balkan peninsula. Many Aromanian settlements are concentrated in this area which is shared by both Greece and Albania. Gramustians or Yrãmushcianji as they are referred to by Aromanians, make up a large proportion of the population there.
The city of
Moscopole (
Albanian: Voskopojë, Voskopoja) was once 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 in 1788 causing an exodus of Aromanian people across the Balkans. Many of these ended up in what would become
North Macedonia, Albania and Greece. The largest concentration of these were in the
Pelister region of North 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 Grabovean/Moscopolean dialect of Aromanian and the descendants of the Graboveans/Moscopoleans in
Krusevo(
Aromanian: Crushuva,
Macedonian: Крушево) are today a fully recognised minority group under the constitutional law of North Macedonia.
This region is home to the most southerly population of Aromanians in the Balkans, with a
prominent presence during the late Middle Ages. The Farsherots or the Fãrshãrots as they are known in
Aromanian make a substantial percentage of the region's inhabitants.