Pogoniani
| Pogoniani Πωγωνιανή |
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 Pogoniani
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| Coordinates | 40°0′N 20°25′E / 40.000°N 20.417°ECoordinates: 40°0′N 20°25′E / 40.000°N 20.417°E |
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| Government | |
| Country: | Greece |
| Region: | Epirus |
| Regional unit: | Ioannina |
| Municipality: | Pogoni |
| Population statistics (as of 2001)[1] | |
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| - Population: | 880 |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
| Auto: | ΙΝ |
Pogonianí (Greek: Πωγωνιανή, pronounced [poɣoɲaˈni]) 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.[2] It is best known in Greece as the birthplace of the current President of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias. The former name of the village was Vostina.[3]
The municipal unit consists of 4 villages: Pogoniani, Dolo, Drymades, Stavroskiadi. During the period prior to the First World War the British member of the International Commission that was responsible of the delineation of the Greek-Albanian border noticed that the villages that were ceded to Albania, which consist of the northern portion of Pogoniani are entirely Greek-speaking.[4]
References [edit]
- ^ De Facto Polulation of Greece Population and Housing Census of March 18th, 2001 (PDF 39 MB). National Statistical Service of Greece. 2003.
- ^ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
- ^ The Code of federal regulations of the United States of America. National Archives (U.S.). p. 1112.
- ^ British documents on the origins of the war, 1898-1914 ,. H.M.S.O., 1926, p. 184: "Frontier as laid down cut off small northern portion of Pogoniani district which contained Greek villages and was entirely Greek-speaking"
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