Romani people in Croatia
Ethnic group in Croatia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There have been Romani people in Croatia for more than 600 years and they are concentrated mostly in the northern regions of the country.
Quick Facts Romi u Hrvatskoj, Total population ...
Romi u Hrvatskoj | |
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Total population | |
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Regions with significant populations | |
Međimurje, Osijek-Baranja, Sisak-Moslavina County and Zagreb | |
Languages | |
Majority: Croatian, Romanian (Boyash dialect) Minority: Balkan Romani Others: Albanian | |
Religion | |
Catholicism (49%) Sunni Islam (30%) Eastern Orthodoxy (14%) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Roma in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Roma in Serbia and Roma in Hungary |
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A considerable number of Romani refugees in Croatia are from the ethnic conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]
There are more than 120 Romani minority NGOs in Croatia.[3] One of the most prominent is Croatian Roma Union and Alliance of Roma in the Republic of Croatia "Kali Sara".