Pogoniani

Also known as Vostina

Pogoniani (, pronounced , before 1928: Βοστίνα, Vostina; ) is a village and a former community in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pogoni, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 56.693 km2, the community 18.830 km2. The municipal unit consists of 4 villages: Pogoniani, Dolo, Drymades, Stavroskiadi.

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Place details

Locality: Πωγωνιανή
Region: Περιφέρεια Ηπείρου
Country: Ελλάς
Population: 425

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Greek Dimos.name: Pogoniani
Greek Dimos.name_local: Πωγωνιανή
Greek Dimos.type: municipal unit
Greek Dimos.image_map: DE Pogonianis.svg
Greek Dimos.map_caption: Location within the regional unit
Greek Dimos.periph: Epirus
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Ioannina
Greek Dimos.municipality: Pogoni
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit: 549
Greek Dimos.pop_community: 441
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.area_municunit: 56.693
Greek Dimos.area_community: 18.830
Greek Dimos.licence: ΙΝ

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Wikidata facts

Population: 425
Elevation: 737
Image: The village of Voshtina (Pogoniani) and Buzova Mountain in background.jpg
Dialing code: 2657

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native label: Πωγωνιανή
Commons category: Pogoniani
postal code: 44005

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==History== In antiquity the area of Pogoniani was inhabited by Molossians, one of the three main Ancient Greek tribes of the northwestern Greek group.