Epirus (region)
Epirus
Ήπειρος | |
|---|---|
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 | |
| • Governor | Alexandros Kachrimanis (New Democracy) |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,203.22 km2 (3,553.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 319,991 |
| • Density | 34.7695/km2 (90.0525/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Epirote |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €4.508 billion (2023) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | GR-D |
| HDI (2022) | 0.878 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. 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.