Notia

Nótia (Greek: Νότια, formerly Νώτια; Megleno Romanian: Nânti or Nânta) is a village in the Exaplatanos municipal unit of the Pella regional unit, Macedonia, Greece. Lying at an altitude of 595 metres in the Upper Almopia Plain, it was for centuries the largest Megleno-Romanians village, and the only one with a regular market.

Nótia Νότια Nânti, Nânta
Nótia
Coordinates: 41°06′11″N 22°12′36″E
Country	Greece
Geographic region	Macedonia
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Pella
Municipality	Almopia
Municipal unit	Exaplatanos
Area
• Total	106.481 km2 (41.113 sq mi)
Elevation	595 m (1,952 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	309
• Density	2.9/km2 (7.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

The majority of Notia's Megleno-Romanian population converted to Islam in the 17th or 18th century. With the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey, the Muslim Megleno-Romanians of the village were deported to Eastern Thrace in Turkey. They were called by the Greeks as "Karadjovalis" and by the Turks (Turkish: Karacaovalılar) after the Turkish name of their home region. They nowadays call themselves as Nantinets.[2]

A mosque existed on the road that crosses the village, later destroyed.[3]

Notia had 412 inhabitants in 1981.[4] In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Notia was populated by a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the Greek-Turkish population exchange, and Aromanians.[4] Pontic Greek was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings.[4] Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.[4] The Aromanian language was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings.[4] Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.[4]