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- Greek administrative region
- own name in New Greek: Épire
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Flag of Epirus,
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Epirus did not join Greece until 1913 due to the consequences of the Balkan War of 1912/13. The region was previously for hundreds of years a part of Turkey. Within the population structure the share of Greeks is relatively low, thus Epirus has a very distinct culture. The flag is the Greek cross-flag.
Source: Volker Preuß
Area: 3.539 square miles
Inhabitants: 336.856 (2011)
Density of Population: 95 inh./sq.mi.
Capital: Ioánnina, 112.486 inh. (2011)
official Language: New Greek
other Languages: Albanian, Romanian, Turkish, even English
Currency: Greek Currency
Time Zone: GMT + 2 h
Source: Wikipedia (D)
13th cent. B.C. · settlement of the today's Epirus by Illyrian Tribes, later even Greek settlement
ca. 400 B.C. · rise of the Greek State of Epirus
27 B.C. · Southern Greece (Achaia) and Epirus become Roman provinces
395 · at the partition of the Roman Empire Epirus comes to the East Roman Empire (Byzantium)
1204 · temporary destruction of the East Roman Empire by crusaders, as Byzantine leftovers remain the Empire of Trapezunt, the Empire of Nikaia and the Despotate of Epirus
1393–1460 · conquest of the Despotate of Epirus by the Turks
1912–1913 · Balkan War, the Ottoman Empire has to leave its territories on the Balkan, Epirus becomes a part of Greece
Source:
Atlas zur Geschichte,
Wikipedia (D)
The name of the country comes from the ancient Greek word "epeiros", what means "mainland".
Source:
Wikipedia (D)