Epirus (region)

Epirus Περιφέρεια Ηπείρου
Region o Greece
Coordinates: 39°33′58″N 20°45′30″E / 39.5661°N 20.7583°E / 39.5661; 20.7583
Kintra	Greece
Caipital	Ioannina
Regional units	Leet Arta Ioannina Preveza Thesprotia
Govrenment
• Regional govrenor	Alexandros Kachrimanis (ND)
Area
• Total	9203 km2 (3,553 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	358,698
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	GR-D
Website	www.php.gov.gr

Epirus (Greek: Ήπειρος, Ípeiros), formally the Epirus Region (Περιφέρεια Ηπείρου, Periféria Ipeírou), is a geographical an admeenistrative region in northwastren Greece.^[1] It borders the regions o Wast Macedonie an Thessaly tae the east, Wast Greece tae the sooth, the Ionian Sea an the Ionian Islands tae the wast an the kintra o Albanie tae the north. The region haes an aurie o aboot 9,200 km² (3,600 sq mi). It is pairt o the wider historical region o Epirus, which owerlaps modren Albanie an Greece but maustly lees in modren Greek territory.

1. ↑ 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