Zitsa
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| Zitsa Ζίτσα |
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| Coordinates | 39°45′N 20°39′E / 39.750°N 20.650°ECoordinates: 39°45′N 20°39′E / 39.750°N 20.650°E |
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Location within the region
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| Government | |
| Country: | Greece |
| Region: | Epirus |
| Regional unit: | Ioannina |
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| Municipality | |
| - Population: | 14,766 |
| - Area: | 566.3 km2 (219 sq mi) |
| - Density: | 26 /km2 (68 /sq mi) |
| Municipal unit | |
| - Population: | 1,332 |
| - Area: | 65.9 km2 (25 sq mi) |
| - Density: | 20 /km2 (52 /sq mi) |
| Community | |
| - Population: | 676 |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
| Auto: | ΙΝ |
Zitsa (Greek: Ζίτσα) is a village and a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Eleousa.[2]
[edit] Municipality
The present municipality Zitsa was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units (constituent communities in brackets):[2]
- Ekali (Asfaka, Vatatades, Vlachatano, Gavrisioi, Ligopsa, Metamorfosi, Petsali)
- Evrymenes (Delvinakopoulo, Klimatia, Kokkinochoma, Lefkothea, Paliouri, Raiko, Soulopoulo, Vasilopoulo)
- Molossoi (Aetopetra, Chinka, Despotiko, Dovla, Ekklisochori, Foteino, Giourganista, Granitsa, Granitsopoula, Grimpovo, Kalochori, Kourenta, Polydoro, Radovizi, Rizo, Vereniki, Voutsaras, Vrosina, Vrysoula, Zalongo)
- Pasaronas (Agios Ioannis, Anargyroi, Ano Lapsista, Eleousa, Grammeno, Kato Lapsista, Lofiskos, Lyngos, Mega Gardiki, Neochori, Peratis, Petralona, Polylofo, Rodotopi, Vageniti, Vounoplagia, Zoodochos)
- Zitsa (Dafnofyto, Karitsa, Lithino, Protopappas, Zitsa)
[edit] Notable people
- Jeremias I (16th century), Patriarch of Constantinople
- Dimitrios Zitsaios, benefactor
- Dimitrios Sarros (1870–1938), writer
- Chrisanthi Zitsaia (1903–1995), writer
[edit] References
- ^ Detailed census results 2011 (Greek)
- ^ a b Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
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