Meliti (village)

Meliti (village)

Meliti ( _el. Μελίτη) is a community in the Florina Prefecture, Greece. The local Slavic name of the village was "Ovčarani" or "Ovcharani" (Овчарани; _el. Βοστάρανη). [Peter,Hill. (1989) The Macedonians in Australia, Hesperian Press, Carlisle, page 51]

During the Ottoman rule Ovcharani was mixed Bulgarian-Turkish village. [„Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г.“ Македонски научен институт, София, 1995, с. 82-83, Петров, Гьорче. Материали по изучаванието на Македония, София 1896, с. 70, [http://www.promacedonia.org/vk/vk_2_38.htm Васил Кънчов. „Македония. Етнография и статистика“. София, 1900, стр.249.] ] There was a Bulgarian school in the village in the beginning of 20th century. [D.M.Brancoff. "La Macedoine et sa Population Chretienne". Paris, 1905, p.176-177.]

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