Zagori
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 Kokori's bridge in Vikos-Aoos National Park | |
  Zagori Location within the region  | |
| Coordinates: 39°52′N 20°42′E / 39.867°N 20.700°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 989.8 km2 (382.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipality | 3,374 |
| • Density | 3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΙΝ |
| Official name | Zagori Cultural Landscape |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | v |
| Designated | 2023 (45th session) |
| Reference no. | 1695[2] |
| UNESCO region | Europe |
Zagori (Greek: Ζαγόρι; Aromanian: Zagori), is a region, a municipality, and a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the Pindus mountains in Epirus, in northwestern Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Asprangeloi.[3] It has an area of some 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi) and contains 46 villages known as Zagori villages (or Zagorochoria or Zagorohoria), and is in the shape of an upturned equilateral triangle. Ioannina, the provincial capital, is at the southern point of the triangle, while the south-western side is formed by Mount Mitsikeli (1,810m). The Aoos river running north of Mt Tymphe forms the northern boundary, while the south-eastern side runs along the Varda river to Mount Mavrovouni (2,100m) near Metsovo. The municipality has an area of 989.796 km2.[4] The population of the area is about 3,400, which gives a population density of 3.4 inhabitants per square kilometer, very sparse when compared to an average of 73.8 for Greece as a whole.
- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Zagori Cultural Landscape". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities". Government Gazette (in Greek).
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.