Sheker Mahala is the second biggest
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Places Australia
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** Roma Airport
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ghetto
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in
Plovdiv. Its
population
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is 10,000. 2,000 of them identify themselves as Roma, the rest identify themselves as
people
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of
Turkish origin. In accordance with its Turkish majority and history, the name of the neighborhood is the Slavized version of the
Turkish phrase ''Şeker Mahalle'', which literally means "Sugar/Candy Neighborhood". The district is in the northwestern outskirts of the town.
References
Neighbourhoods in Plovdiv
Romani communities in Bulgaria
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