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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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- Instance of
- administrative region of Greece
- Official name
- Περιφέρεια Ηπείρου
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Greece
- Contains
- Preveza Regional Unit
- Capital
- Ioannina
- Population
- 319991
- Area
- 9203.22
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Official website
- php.gov.gr
- Image
- Vikos Gorge.jpg
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- Category:Epirus (region)
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Epirus (region)
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Epirus (region)
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- Ήπειρος
- Commons category
- Epirus (region)
- language used
- Modern Greek
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Encyclopedic overview
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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