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Country
  
Greece

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Vehicle registration
  
IN

Municipality
  
Pogoni

Regional unit
  
Ioannina

Districts
  
17

Postal code
  
440 04

Local time
  
Monday 8:01 AM

Administrative region
  
Epirus

Delvinaki

Weather
  
8°C, Wind SW at 3 km/h, 90% Humidity

Delvinaki (Greek: Δελβινάκι) is a former municipality 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 255.835 km2, the community 54.824 km2. In 2011 its population was 772 for the village and 2,540 for the municipal unit. Delvinaki is part of the traditional area Pogoni.

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Map of Delvinaki 440 02, Greece

Delvinaki is situated on the road GR-22/E853 which links Kalpaki with the Albanian border. The border crossing Kakavia is west of town.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Delvinaki is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

  • Agia Marina
  • Argyrochori
  • Charavgi
  • Delvinaki
  • Farangi
  • Kastani
  • Kerasovo
  • Kryoneri
  • Ktismata (Ktismata, Neochori)
  • Limni
  • Mavropoulo (Mavropoulo, Zavrocho, Chrysodouli)
  • Oreino Xirovaltou (Oreino, Xirovaltos)
  • Peristeri
  • Pontikates
  • Stratinista
  • Teriachi (Teriachi, Stavrodromi)
  • Vissani

    • History

    Delvinaki joined Greece after the Balkan Wars of 1913.

    Notable people

  • Petroloukas Chalkias, musician.
  • Hatzimichalis Dalianis, hero of the Greek War of Independence.
  • Evangelos Psimmas, (1905–1962), bishop of Ermoupoli.
  • Konstantinos Iroklis Vasiadis, (1821–1890), scholar.

    • References

    Delvinaki Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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