Bovesia, otherwise known as Grecìa Calabra (Calabrian
Greece
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), is one of the two remaining Griko-speaking areas in southern
Italy
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, near Reggio, and consists of nine villages. Its population is significantly smaller than the one of Grecìa Salentina.
It consists of the villages:
* Bova (
Calabrian Greek
The Calabrian dialect of Greek, or Bova Marina (Greek ''Jalo tu Vùa'') (3870 inhabitants)
*
Palizzi
Palizzi () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Reggio Calabria. The southernmost point in mainland Italy lies in Palizzi.
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(''Spiròpoli'') and Palizzi Marina,
* Condofuri (''Kontofyria'', or ''Kontochòri'', meaning «near the village»)
* Gallicianò and Amendolea,
* Roccaforte del Greco (Greek ''Vuni'')
* Roghudi (Greek: ''Roghudion'', or ''Choriò'')