Bulgarians in Albania: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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Ethnic [[Bulgarians]] in present-day [[Albania]] live mostly in the areas of [[Mala Prespa]] and [[Gollaborda|Golo Brdo]]. In the 1989 census a total of 782 people claimed either Romanian, Bulgarian or Czechoslovakian nationality.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} The [[US Department of State]] background note for Albania, dated 4 January 2011 further reported that the population is composed of various ethnic groups including Bulgarians.<ref name="state.gov">[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3235.htm US Departament of State Background note - Albania.]</ref> The Encyclopaedia of the Nations in its section on Albania's ethnic groups, undated, also has included Bulgarians.<ref name="nationsencyclopedia.com">[http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Albania.html Encyclopedia of the nations online - Albania.]</ref> The [[CIA World Factbook]] 2011 has also counted Bulgarians in Albania.<ref name="CIA The World Factbook Albania">[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/al.html CIA The World Factbook Albania.]</ref> The State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad states that about 40,000 to 50,000 persons of Bulgarian origin are living in Albania,<ref name="Bulgarians in Albania">{{cite web