Prosilio ( el, Προσήλιο, literally "sunward place", before 1927: Δοβίσδανα - ''Dovisdana''1st
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Tzoumerka Tzoumerka ( el, Τζουμέρκα) is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality North Tzoumerka, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit ...

(

Ioannina Ioannina ( el, Ιωάννινα ' ), often called Yannena ( ' ) within Greece, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus, an administrative region in north-western Greece. According to the 2011 census, the c ...

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. It is situated on a mountainside of the

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mountains, at 900 m elevation. It is 3 km southwest of

Syrrako Syrrako ( el, Συρράκο, between 1940 and 2002: Σιράκο - ''Sirako''; rup, Siracu) is a village and a former community in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality ...

, 3 km west of

Kalarites Kalarrytes ( el, Καλαρρύτες, rup, Cãlãretsi) is a village and a former community in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. It is populated mostly by Aromanians (Vlachs). Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the mu ...

, 6 km north of

Pramanta Pramanta ( el, Πράμαντα) is a village and a former municipality in the Ioannina (regional unit), Ioannina regional unit, Epirus (region), Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality North Tzoumerka, ...

and 23 km southeast of

. Its population is 101 people (2011 census). Prosilio is one of the Aromanian-speaking villages of Tzoumerka (including

, Matsouki,

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and

Vathypedo Vathypedo ( el, Βαθύπεδο, before 1928: Προσβάλα, Προσβάλλα ''Prosvala'', ''Prosvalla'') is a village and a former community in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part o ...

Population

History

The community Dovisdana was created in 1919 (Law 184A - August 19), and was renamed Prosilio in 1928 (Law 81A - May 14). The community became a part of the municipality of

and became a municipality district under Law 244A on December 4, 1997. Its inhabitants were not of Aromanian origin, but since they traded mainly with Aromanians, they understood and spoke the

Aromanian language The Aromanian language (, , , or ), also known as Macedo-Romanian or Vlach, is an Eastern Romance languages, Eastern Romance language, similar to Megleno-Romanian language, Megleno-Romanian, Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian and Romania ...

References

External links

Prosilio at the GTP Travel Pages
{{North Tzoumerka div Populated places in Ioannina (regional unit) North Tzoumerka

Population

History

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