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Key facts
- Country
- Greece
- Administrative region
- Epirus
- Seat
- Igoumenitsa
- Total
- 1,515 km (585 sq mi)
- Density
- 26.93/km (69.76/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( EET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+3 ( EEST )
- Postal code
- 46x xx
- Area code
- 266x0
- Vehicle registration
- ΗΝ
- Website
- www .thesprotia .gr
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Epirus Region
- Capital
- Igoumenitsa
- Area
- 1515
- Elevation
- 586
- Official website
- www.nthesprotias.gr
- Image
- Grand Harbour of Syvota.JPG
- Licence plate code
- HN
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- topic's main category
- Category:Thesprotia
- Commons category
- Thesprotia Prefecture
- postal code
- 46x xx
- replaced by
- Thesprotia Regional Unit
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Encyclopedic overview
Thesprotia (/θɛsˈproʊʃə/; Greek: Θεσπρωτία, pronounced [θesproˈtia]) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Epirus region. Its capital and largest town is Igoumenitsa. Thesprotia is named after the Thesprotians, an ancient Greek tribe that inhabited the region in antiquity.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thesprotia Prefecture” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.