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Encyclopedia > Parapotamos

Parapotamos (Παραπόταμος)(in Albanian: Varfanj) is a municipality in Thesprotia, Greece. Population 1,668 (2001). Thesprotia (Greek: Î˜ÎµÏƒÏ€ÏÏ‰Ï„Î¯Î±) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ...

*Municipalities and communities* of the Thesprotia Prefecture**
Acherontas • Filiates • Igoumenitsa • Margariti • Paramythia • Parapotamos • Sagiada • Syvota
Perdika • Souli

Categories: Epirus geography stubs | Thesprotia | Cities and towns in Greece Thesprotia (Greek: Î˜ÎµÏƒÏ€ÏÏ‰Ï„Î¯Î±) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Acherontas (Î‘Ï‡ÎÏÎ¿Î½Ï„Î±Ï‚) is a municipality in Thesprotia, Greece, named after the Acherontas River. ... Filiates (Î¦Î¹Î»Î¹Î¬Ï„ÎµÏ‚) (Albanian: Filat) is a municipality in Thesprotia, Greece. ... Igoumenitsa (Greek: Î—Î³Î¿Ï…Î¼ÎµÎ½Î¯Ï„ÏƒÎ±) (Albanian: GumenicÃ«) is a coastal city in northwestern Greece. ... Margariti (ÎœÎ±ÏÎ³Î±ÏÎ¯Ï„Î¹)(in Albanian: MargÃ«lliÃ§) is a municipality in Thesprotia, Greece. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... A Souliot man The Souliots (also known as Suli, Souliotes and Souli) were deemed by the great poet Andreas Kalvos as the descendants of the Selloi (in his 30-lined ode entitled Eis Souli or To the Souli). In support of the poets belief, a Greek historian by the...

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Parapotamos Municipality - Our municipality (105 words)
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	KAPI (Help Centre for the aged) in Parapotamos - Tel.
	Parapotamos Municipal Organization for the Local Development (DETAP) - Tel.

Parapotamos Municipality - The history of the municipality (191 words)
	Parapotamos was inhabited by Muslim Turk-Albanians until 1944 who were driven off by the rebels (who it is known that they had joined the conquerors).
	In 1944 and on all the inhabitants of Elataria (Lambanitsa) which is northwest of Paramythia moved to Parapotamos that was called Varfani until then.
	In 1990 with the voluntary union of Dramesi and the settlement of Agios Georgios, the Municipality of Parapotamos was founded, the first municipality in Epirus and the only one in Thesprotia created this way.

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