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Margariti
Sign in to saveMargariti () is a village and a former municipality in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Igoumenitsa, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 149.223 km2. Population 1,931 (2021).
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- Locality
- Μαργαρίτι
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Ηπείρου
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 1,931
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Margariti
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Μαργαρίτι
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Margaritiou.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Epirus
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Thesprotia
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Igoumenitsa
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 1931
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 586
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 149.2
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΗΝ
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Early Ottoman Period
- Late Ottoman period
- 20th century
- Province
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
- Sources
Margariti () is a village and a former municipality in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Igoumenitsa, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 149.223 km2. Population 1,931 (2021).
==Name== The toponym Margariti () is thought to come from Margaritos, a pirate of the Emirate of Sicily to whom the Crusader Normans surrendered their holdings on the Ionian coast in the 12th century. The toponym is of uncertain origin and is attested for the first time during the 16th century. In the Albanian language it is known as Margëlliç and in Ottoman Turkish as Margliç. This form is attested since 1611, when Gjon Mekuli from Parga reports to the Venetians that Marghelici had been affected by the plague. Historical documents tend to use the form Margariti.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Margariti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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