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| | ==Actual Dalmatian Italians== | | ==Actual Dalmatian Italians== |
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| − | The 1816 Austro-Hungarian census registered 66,000 Italian speaking people among the 301,000 inhabitants of Dalmatia, or 22% of the total Dalmatian population.<ref>Montani, Carlo. ''Venezia Giulia, Dalmazia - Sommario Storico - An Historical Outline''</ref>, but following the Italian emigration from Dalmatia after World War II, the Dalmatian Italian population was reduced to 300 in Croatian Dalmatia and 500 in Montenegro.<ref>Petacco, Arrigo. ''L'esodo, la tragedia negata degli italiani d'Istria, Dalmazia e Venezia Giulia''</ref>
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| − | Today they reside mostly in the littoral areas of [[Zadar|Zara]], [[Split|Spalato]], [[Trogir|Trau]], and [[Šibenik|Sebenico]] in Croatia, and [[Kotor|Cattaro]], [[Perast]]o, and [[Budva|Budua]] in Montenegro.
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| − | In Croatia, there are 20,000 Italians in total, mostly located in communities in the [[Istria]]n peninsula and the city of [[Rijeka]] (Fiume).
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| | Actually the most renowned are: | | Actually the most renowned are: |
| | [[Image:Ottavio Missoni.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ottavio Missoni]] | | [[Image:Ottavio Missoni.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ottavio Missoni]] |