which region of central europe is bukovina located?
Bukovina Bukovina (Romanian: "Bucovina" ; German: "Buchenland" ; Polish: "Bukowina" ; Ukrainian: Буковина "Bukovyna"; see also other languages) is a historical region in Central Europe, divided between Romania and Ukraine, located on the northern slopes of the central Eastern Carpathians and the adjoining plains.
Banat Bulgarians The Banat Bulgarians (Banat Bulgarian: "Palćene" or "Banátsći balgare"; common Bulgarian: Банатски българи, "Banatski balgari" ; Romanian: "Bulgari bănățeni" ; Serbian: Банатски Бугари, "Banatski Bugari" ) 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. Unlike most other Bulgarians, they are Roman Catholic by confession and stem from groups of Paulicians and Roman Catholics from modern northern and northwestern Bulgaria.