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Paroreio
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thumb|Antante in Bitusha, today Parorio, in 1917 Paroreio (pronounced Parori by locals) (, before 1926: Μπιτούσα – Bitousa; , , Bituša/Bitusha) is a small village located about north of Florina, the capital of the regional unit of Florina in northwestern Greece. It is on the ridge of Baba Mountain on the periphery of the Pelagonia plain. Today, Paroreio is inhabited by only a small number of full-time residents. At its peak in the 1930s, the village reached about 600-700 inhabitants, mostly families looking for a piece of fertile land to cultivate and farm in the nearby valley. The residents w
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- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Κάτω Κλεινών
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Μακεδονίας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 23
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- Population
- 23
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- Bitusha village 1918.jpg
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- Parorio
- native label
- Παρόρειο
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thumb|Antante in Bitusha, today Parorio, in 1917 Paroreio (pronounced Parori by locals) (, before 1926: Μπιτούσα – Bitousa; , , Bituša/Bitusha) is a small village located about north of Florina, the capital of the regional unit of Florina in northwestern Greece. It is on the ridge of Baba Mountain on the periphery of the Pelagonia plain. Today, Paroreio is inhabited by only a small number of full-time residents. At its peak in the 1930s, the village reached about 600-700 inhabitants, mostly families looking for a piece of fertile land to cultivate and farm in the nearby valley. The residents were employed in agriculture, raising livestock, timber getting and other trades and necessary occupations.
==History== Little of history was known between the Medieval and the Balkan Wars but during that time it was called Bitusha (Битуша, Bitousa in Greek). It was annexed to Greece in 1913 and many inhabitants moved northeast, some to Eastern Thrace and Asia Minor. In 1926 the Greek government renamed the village to Parori, and in 1940 to Paroreion. in an effort to Hellenize Macedonia.
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