. "6468"^^ . . . . "Banat Bulgarians"@en . . . . . "12000"^^ . . "1055"^^ . . "3000"^^ . "The Banat Bulgarians (Banat Bulgarian: pal\u0107ene or ban\u00E1ts\u0107i balgare; common Bulgarian: \u0431\u0430\u043D\u0430\u0442\u0441\u043A\u0438 \u0431\u044A\u043B\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0438, banatski balgari) are a distinct Bulgarian minority group which settled in the 18th century in the region of the Banat, which was then ruled by the Habsburgs and after World War I was divided between Romania, Serbia, and Hungary."@en .