Roumlouki (, from the

Ottoman Turkish Ottoman Turkish (, ; ) was the standardized register of the Turkish language in the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). It borrowed extensively, in all aspects, from Arabic and Persian. It was written in the Ottoman Turkish alphabet. ...

''Rûmlık'', "place of the

Rûm Rūm ( , collective; singulative: ''Rūmī'' ; plural: ''Arwām'' ; ''Rum'' or ''Rumiyān'', singular ''Rumi''; ), ultimately derived from Greek Ῥωμαῖοι ('' Rhomaioi'', literally 'Romans'), is the endonym of the pre-Islamic inhabi ...

") or Kampania (Καμπανία), is the traditional name of the northeastern part of

Imathia Imathia ( ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Central Macedonia, within the geographic regions of Greece, geographic region of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia. The capital of Imathia is the ...

located in

Macedonia Macedonia (, , , ), most commonly refers to: * North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia * Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity * Macedonia (Greece), a former administr ...

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

, specifically the plain of the lower

Aliakmon River The Haliacmon (, ''Aliákmonas''; formerly: , ''Aliákmon'' or ''Haliákmōn'') is the longest river flowing entirely in Greece, with a total length of . In Greece there are three rivers longer than Haliacmon: Maritsa (), Struma (Strymónas), bot ...

Location

The term refers to the lowlands between the

Pierian Mountains The Pierian Mountains (or commonly referred to as Piéria) are a mountain range between Imathia, Pieria (regional unit), Pieria and Kozani (regional unit), Kozani Region, south of the plain of Kampania in Central Macedonia, Greece. The village of ...

in the south to the wetlands of the

Giannitsa Lake __NOTOC__ Giannitsa Lake (), also known as Loudias Lake () is a former post-glacial lake in Central Macedonia, Greece, south of the town of Giannitsa and north of Gidas (later renamed Alexandreia). It or the surrounding marshland were sometimes c ...

(now drained) in the north, and from the heights east of

Veroia Veria (; ), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Beroea or Berea, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of Imathia. It is located north-nort ...

to the mouths of the rivers Aliakmon and

Loudias The Loudias () or Lydias (Λυδίας), popularly called Mavroneri (Μαυρονέρι, "Blackwater", from its Ottoman Turkish name ''Kara Asmak'' قره آصماق) is a river in Central Macedonia that flows through the regional units of Pell ...

(Ottoman ''Kara Asmak'') in the

Thermaic Gulf The Thermaic Gulf (, ), also called the Gulf of Thessaloniki and the Macedonian Gulf, is a Gulf (geography), gulf constituting the northwest corner of the Aegean Sea. The city of Thessaloniki is at its northeastern tip, and it is bounded by Pie ...

. According to some accounts, the name extended up to the

Axios River The Vardar (; , , ) or Axios (, ) is the longest river in North Macedonia and a major river in Greece, where it reaches the Aegean Sea at Thessaloniki. It is long, out of which are in Greece, and drains an area of around . The maximum depth of ...

in the northeast.

Settlements

The villages that traditionally were accounted as part of the region were Gidas (modern Alexandreia),

Meliki Meliki () is a village and a former municipality in Imathia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Alexandreia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 98.962 km2. Populatio ...

, Koryfi, Nichori ( Neochori), Reshina ( Vrysaki), Nisi, Katafygi, Trichovista, Skylitsi, Kavasila, Stavros, Xechasmeni, Rapsomaniki, Pozarites ( Kefalochori), Episkopi, Loutros, Kapsochora, Paliochora, Niseli and Niseloudi,

Trikala Trikala () is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala (regional unit), Trikala regional unit. The city straddles the Lithaios river, which is a tributary of Pineios (Thessaly), Pineios. According to the Greek Natio ...

, Karya, Aidonochori, Platy, Lianovergi, Paliochori, Gritzali ( Agathia), Niochoropoulo, Prodromos, Niokastro, Voultista, Mega Alamboro ( Prasinada) and Mikro Alamboro, Mylovos,

Kouloura A kouloura, or kouloures (Greek plural ''koulourai''), is a circular subsurface pit with stone walls found in certain settlements within Ancient Crete, including the Minoan palaces at Phaistos, Knossos, and Malia. According to the stratigraphy, t ...

, Diavatos, Mikrogouzi (

Makrochori Makrochori (, before 1928: Κωνομπλάτη – ''Konomplati''; Bulgarian and Macedonian: Кономлади, ''Konomladi''), is a village of Kastoria regional unit in Western Macedonia, Greece. History According to a local legend, the ...

), Metsi (

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Ammos Ammos () is a settlement on the island of Othonoi, Greece. Ammos is the main port of the island. Ammos is the most populous settlement with small guesthouses, restaurants, rent-a-bike store, cafes, police station, community clinic with ambulance ...

, Santena, Geraki, Mavrangeli, Barbesh or Koutlesh (

Vergina Vergina (, ) is a small town in Northern Greece, part of the Veria municipality in Imathia, Central Macedonia. Vergina was established in 1922 in the aftermath of the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey, population exchanges after t ...

), Palatitsia, Trichlevo ( Trilofo), Sfinista, Kleidi, Kaliani ( Aloro), Tsinaforo ( Platanos). The actual number of settlements fluctuated, however, as some were abandoned and new ones founded because of the floods of the Aliakmon.

Gallery

Macedonia Greek Costume Roumlouki.JPG, Traditional dress of a woman from the Roumlouki, by Nicolas Sperling Macedonia Greek Costume Roumlouki2.JPG, Traditional dress of a woman from the Roumlouki, by Nicolas Sperling Macedonia Greek Costume Roumlouki3.JPG, Traditional dress of a woman from the Roumlouki, by Nicolas Sperling

References

Imathia Historical regions in Greece Macedonia under the Ottoman Empire {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub