Epirus Region

Also known as Epirus Periphery, Ípeiros

one of the 13 regions of Greece

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Epirus is one of Greece's 13 administrative regions, located in the northwestern part of the country. It is historically and geographically significant as a border region that connects Greece to Albania and has been an important area throughout Greek history.

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Official name: Περιφέρεια Ηπείρου
Population: 319991
Area: 9203.22
Official website: php.gov.gr
Image: Vikos Gorge.jpg

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Commons gallery: Ήπειρος
Commons category: Epirus (region)

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Epirus (/ɪˈpaɪrəs/ ih-PY-rəs; Greek: Ήπειρος, romanized: Ípiros, [ˈi.pi.ros]) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region in northwestern Greece. It borders the regions of Western Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, West Greece to the south, the Ionian Sea and Ionian Islands to the west and Albania to the north. The region has an area of about 9,200 km (3,600 sq mi). It is part of the wider historical region of Epirus, which overlaps modern Albania and Greece but lies mostly within Greek territory.

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