Back إبيروس (إقليم) Arabic Periferia d'Epiru AST Epir (periferiya) Azerbaijani اپیروس اوستانی AZB Эпір Byelorussian Эпір (пэрыфэрыя) BE-X-OLD Епир (административна област) Bulgarian Epir (perifèria) Catalan Epirus CEB Epirus (kraj) Czech
Epirus
Ήπειρος | |
|---|---|
&sq=Sri Lanka&lang=en&file=File:Ipiros_in_Greece.svg) Epirus within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 39°36′N 20°48′E / 39.6°N 20.8°E | |
| Country |  Greece |
| Decentralized Administration | Epirus and Western Macedonia |
| Capital | Ioannina |
| Regional units | |
| Government | |
| • Regional governor | Alexandros Kachrimanis (New Democracy) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,203.22 km2 (3,553.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 319,991 |
| • Density | 35/km2 (90/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Epirote |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €4.049 billion (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | GR-D |
| HDI (2022) | 0.878[3] very high · 5th of 13 |
| Website | www |
Epirus (/ɪˈpaɪrəs/ ih-PY-rəs; Greek: Ήπειρος, romanized: Ípiros, [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.
- ^ "Census 2021 GR" (PDF) (Press release). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Population on 1 January by age, sex and NUTS 2 region", www.ec.europa.eu
- ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ 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