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Konitsa (Template:Lang-el, Template:Lang-sq Template:Lang-rup) is a town in Epirus, Greece, near the Albanian border located at Mertzani near Melissopetra. It lies amphi-theatre shaped on a mountain slope of the Pindos mountain range, overlooking the valley where the river Aoos meets the river Voidomatis. The valley is used for farming. Konitsa is a regional centre for many small Pindos villages, and there are shops, schools and a hospital. It is a good starting point for tourists who want to explore the Pindos mountains, or who want to go rafting in the river Aoos or parapenting. Other places of interest nearby are:

• The Vikos-Aoos National Park, including the spectacular Vikos Gorge, the Aoos Gorge and the Timfi mountains. It is where Vikos spring water is made;
• Mount Smolikas (2637 m), Greece's second highest mountain;
• The sulfur baths of Kavasila;
• Zagori, a group of small mountain villages;
• The nearest city is Ioannina.

Historical population

It is one of the few communities in the prefecture of Ioannina that saw its population decrease by only one inhabitant from 1981 to 1991.

Notable Konitsaeoi

• Faik Konica
• Konstantinos Dovas (1898–1973)

Villages of the surround area

• Agia Varvara
• Agia Paraskevi
• Aetomilitsa
• Aetopetra
• Aidonochori
• Amarantos
• Armata
• Asimochori
• Vourmpiani
• Ganadio
• Gorgopotamos
• Distrato
• Drosopigi
• Elefthero
• Exochi
• Iliorrachi
• Kavasila
• Kallithea
• Kastania
• Kefalochori
• Kleidonia
• Lagkada
• Mazi
• Melissopetra
  • Mertzani - border crossing into Albania (Tri Urat crossing, Përmet District)
• Molista
• Molyvdoskepastos
• Monastiri
• Nikanoras
• Oxya
• Pades
• Palaioselli
• Pigi
• Plagia
• Plikati
• Pournia
• Pyrgos
• Pyrsogianni
• Fourka
• Chionades

References

1. De Facto Population of Greece Population and Housing Census of March 18th, 2001 (PDF 39 MB). National Statistical Service of Greece. 2003.
2. José Girón, Slobodan Pajović, Mohamed Alí Alísalem: El Mediterráneo a finales del siglo XX ISBN 8483171562 El Epiro ies para los albaneses, los cam, son campesinos albanofonos aunque hoy una zona reclamada con el nombre de Cameria, puesto que sus habitantes hoy reducidos a una minoría presente en los territorios de Janina y Konica

External links

• Περισσότερα για την Κόνιτσα (in Greek only)

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• Cities, towns and villages in the Ioannina Prefecture
• Ioannina
• Albania-Greece border crossings