Epirus (region)

Epirus
Ήπειρος
Epirus within Greece
Epirus within Greece
Coordinates: 39°36′N 20°48′E / 39.6°N 20.8°E / 39.6; 20.8
Country Greece
Decentralized AdministrationEpirus and Western Macedonia
CapitalIoannina
Regional units
Government
 • Regional governorAlexandros Kachrimanis [el] (New Democracy)
Area
 • Total9,203.22 km2 (3,553.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total319,991
 • Density35/km2 (90/sq mi)
DemonymEpirote
GDP
 • Total€4.049 billion (2021)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
ISO 3166 codeGR-D
HDI (2022)0.878[3]
very high · 5th of 13
Websitewww.php.gov.gr

Epirus (/ɪˈprəs/ ih-PY-rəs; Greek: Ήπειρος, romanizedÍpiros, [ˈi.pi.ros]) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region in northwestern Greece.[4] It borders the regions of Western Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, West Greece to the south, the Ionian Sea and Ionian Islands to the west and Albania to the north. The region has an area of about 9,200 km2 (3,600 sq mi). It is part of the wider historical region of Epirus, which overlaps modern Albania and Greece but lies mostly within Greek territory.

  1. ^ "Census 2021 GR" (PDF) (Press release). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Population on 1 January by age, sex and NUTS 2 region", www.ec.europa.eu
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. ^ Π.Δ. 51/87 "Καθορισμός των Περιφερειών της Χώρας για το σχεδιασμό κ.λ.π. της Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης" (Determination of the Regions of the Country for the planning etc. of the development of the regions, Efimeris tis Kyverniseos ΦΕΚ A 26/06.03.1987