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Syvota
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Also known as Mourtos, Volia

Syvota (, , before 1927: Βώλια - Volia, 1927-1940: Μούρτος - Mourtos) 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 72.439 km2. The population in 2021 was 1,089 for the village, and 2,693 for the municipal unit. The municipal unit has four main settlements: Syvota, Argyrotopos, Faskomilia, and Plataria. The seat of the municipality was in Plataria. thumb|Bella Vraka beach in Syvota.

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Place details

Locality
Σύβοτα
Region
Περιφέρεια Ηπείρου
Country
Ελλάς
Population
973
Timezone
Europe/Athens

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Key facts

Greek Dimos.name
Syvota
Greek Dimos.name_local
Σύβοτα
Greek Dimos.type
municipal unit
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DE Syvoton.svg
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Location within the regional unit
Greek Dimos.periph
Epirus
Greek Dimos.periphunit
Thesprotia
Greek Dimos.municipality
Igoumenitsa
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
2693
Greek Dimos.pop_community
1089
Greek Dimos.population_as_of
2021
Greek Dimos.area_municunit
72.4
Greek Dimos.licence
ΗΝ
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Grand Harbour of Syvota.JPG
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Population
875
Elevation
5
Image
Grand Harbour of Syvota.JPG
Dialing code
2665
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postal code
461 00
Commons category
Syvota (Thesprotia)
native label
Σύβοτα
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Syvota (, , before 1927: Βώλια - Volia, 1927-1940: Μούρτος - Mourtos) 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 72.439 km2. The population in 2021 was 1,089 for the village, and 2,693 for the municipal unit. The municipal unit has four main settlements: Syvota, Argyrotopos, Faskomilia, and Plataria. The seat of the municipality was in Plataria. thumb|Bella Vraka beach in Syvota.

==History== The earliest recorded inhabitants of the region are the Thesprotians, a Greek tribe of Epirus. In antiquity, the location was called Sybota and was the site of the Battle of Sybota. During the Middle Ages, Syvota, like the rest of Epirus, was part of the Byzantine Empire and the Despotate of Epirus, the Republic of Venice and in the 15th century it became part of the Ottoman Empire. The first local Muslims of Syvota are recorded in Arvenitsa and Nista as early as 1613.

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