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Mouzaki Dam
Mouzaki ( el, Μουζάκι) is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of the Karditsa regional unit, Greece. Mouzaki is located on the southwestern edge of the Thessalian plain, where the river Pamisos descends from the Agrafa mountains. It is 17 km southwest of Trikala and 24 km northwest of Karditsa. The Greek National Road 30 ( Arta - Trikala - Karditsa - Volos) passes north of the town. In 2020, Mouzaki was heavily effected by the medicane known as Cyclone Ianos. The town was flooded for several days. Municipality The municipality Mouzaki was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units: * Ithomi *Mouzaki *Pamisos The municipality has an area of 313.866 km2, the municipal unit 179.521 km2. Subdivisions The municipal unit of Mouzaki is divided into the following communities (constituent settlements in brackets): * Amygdali * Anthochori (Anthochori, Anoixiatiko, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thessaly
Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia (, ), and appears thus in Homer's ''Odyssey''. Thessaly became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after four and a half centuries of Ottoman rule. Since 1987 it has formed one of the country's 13 regions and is further (since the Kallikratis reform of 2011) sub-divided into five regional units and 25 municipalities. The capital of the region is Larissa. Thessaly lies in northern Greece and borders the regions of Macedonia on the north, Epirus on the west, Central Greece on the south, and the Aegean Sea on the east. The Thessaly region also includes the Sporades islands. Name and etymology Thessaly is named after the ''Thessaloi'', an ancient Greek tribe. The meaning of the name of this tribe is unknow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxya, Karditsa
Oxya (Greek: Οξυά) is a mountain village in the western part of the Karditsa regional unit, Greece. Oxya is in the municipality of Mouzaki. The village Oxya had a population of 112 in 2011, the community 368. Oxya is located about 40 km west of Karditsa and is in the foot of the Pindus mountains. Its residents are based in agriculture. Population After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the population steadily declined due to emigration. External links Oxya on GTP Travel Pages See also *List of settlements in the Karditsa regional unit This is a list of settlements in the Karditsa regional unit, Greece: * Achladia * Agia Paraskevi * Agia Triada * Agiopigi * Agios Akakios * Agios Dimitrios * Agios Georgios * Agios Theodoros * Agios Vissarios * Agnantero * Aidonochori ... References {{Mouzaki Populated places in Karditsa (regional unit) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelanthi
Gelanthi ( el, Γελάνθη) is a village in the municipality of Mouzaki, in the Karditsa (regional unit), Karditsa regional unit, Greece. It is situated on the right bank of the river Pamisos (Thessaly), Pamisos, 3 km south of Gomfoi, 4 km east of Mouzaki and 20 km northwest of Karditsa. Gelanthi had a population of 435 in 2011. Population History The village Gelanthi was first mentioned in 1810, when the English traveller William Martin Leake passed through it on his way from Ithomi, Karditsa, Fanari to Mouzaki. He found the village had thirty houses.William Martin Leake, ''Travels in Northern Greece'', Volume 4, p. 519. References External linksOfficial Website of GelanthiGelanthi on GTP Travel Pages See also *List of settlements in the Karditsa regional unit {{Mouzaki Populated places in Karditsa (regional unit) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
