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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Kalderasha, Lovara, Roma minorities, Romnichal, Sinti, Romani people by country, List of Romanichal-related depictions & documentaries, Roma in Bulgaria, Ursari, Roma in Hungary, Roma in Romania, Romani people in Spain, Black Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish Travellers, Boyash, Romani people in France, Roma in Serbia, Finnish Kale, Ruska Roma, Roma in Kosovo, Marianne Rosenberg, Garachi, Settela Steinbach, Roma in Greece, Roma in Slovakia, Drafi Deutscher, Roma in Ireland, Zoni Weisz, Ronald Lee, Johann Trollmann, Roma in Ukraine, Romani people in Portugal, Zanea, Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma, Lom people, Ceija Stojka, Muslim Roma, Roma in Turkey, Servitka Roma, Roma in the Republic of Macedonia, Roma in Croatia, Harri Stojka, Katarina Taikon, Roma in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rosa Taikon, Lovari, Gurbeti, Machvaya. Excerpt: The Romani people are divided into a number of distinct populations, the largest being the Roma and the Iberian Kale, located originally, and currently still mostly, in Anatolia, Iberia, Central and Eastern Europe. There is no official or reliable count of the Romani populations worldwide. Many Romanies refuse to register their ethnic identity in official censuses for fear of discrimination There are an estimated 4 to 9 million Romani people in Europe and Asia Minor (as of 2000s). although some estimates by Romani organizations give numbers as high as 14 million. Significant Romani populations are found in the Balkan peninsula, in some Central European states, in Spain, France, Russia, and Ukraine. Several more million Romanies may live out of Europe, particularly in the Middle East and in the Americas. The Romani people recognize divisions among themselves based in part on territorial, cultural and dialectal differences and self-designation. The main branches are: Among ...