Amfilochia
Sign in to saveAmfilochia () is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of Aetolia-Acarnania in Greece, on the site of ancient Amfilochia. Under the Ottoman Empire, it was known as Karvasaras (Καρβασαράς; Kervansaray in Turkish, from caravanserai).
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Amfilochia
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Αμφιλοχία
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Amfilochias.png
- Greek Dimos.periph
- West Greece
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Aetolia-Acarnania
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 14979
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 1091.0
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 9154
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 397.9
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 4241
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Αμφιλοχία.jpg
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 305 00
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 26420
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Amfilochia () is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of Aetolia-Acarnania in Greece, on the site of ancient Amfilochia. Under the Ottoman Empire, it was known as Karvasaras (Καρβασαράς; Kervansaray in Turkish, from caravanserai).
Amfilochia is situated by the Ambracian Gulf and features an amphitheatre. Amfilochia dates back to the ancient times and also features the ancient cities of Amphilochian Argos and Limnaia (or Limnaea).