Zitsa ( el, Ζίτσα) is a village and a municipality in the

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 ...

regional unit,

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. The seat of the municipality is the village

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. The municipality has an area of 565.566 km², the municipal unit 65.868 km², the community 29.169 km².

Municipality

The present municipality Zitsa was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units (constituent communities in brackets): *

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(Asfaka, Vatatades, Vlachatano, Gavrisioi, Ligopsa, Metamorfosi, Petsali) * Evrymenes (Delvinakopoulo, Klimatia, Kokkinochoma, Lefkothea, Paliouri, Raiko, Soulopoulo, Vasilopoulo) *

Molossoi Molossoi ( el, Μολοσσοί) is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Zitsa, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area ...

(Aetopetra, Chinka, Despotiko, Dovla, Ekklisochori, Foteino, Giourganista, Granitsa, Granitsopoula, Grimpovo, Kalochori, Kourenta,

Polydoro Polydoro ( el, Πολύδωρο, before 1929: Μάζι - ''Mazi'') is a village in the municipal unit of Molossoi, Ioannina regional unit, Greece. In 2011 its population was 63. It is situated on a hillside on the left bank of the river Tyria. It ...

, Radovizi, Rizo, Vereniki, Voutsaras, Vrosina, Vrysoula, Zalongo) * Pasaronas (Agios Ioannis, Anargyroi, Ano Lapsista, Eleousa, Grammeno, Kato Lapsista, Lofiskos, Lyngos, Mega Gardiki, Neochori, Peratis, Petralona, Polylofo, Rodotopi, Vageniti, Vounoplagia, Zoodochos) *Zitsa (Dafnofyto, Karitsa, Lithino, Protopappas, Zitsa)

Notable people

* Patriarch Jeremias I of Constantinople (died 1546) *Dimitrios Zitsaios, benefactor *Chrysanthi Zitsaia (1903–1995), writer *Chronis Vagios (

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: Achilleas Petritis),

ELAS The Greek People's Liberation Army ( el, Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός (ΕΛΑΣ), ''Ellinikós Laïkós Apeleftherotikós Stratós'' (ELAS) was the military arm of the left-wing National Liberat ...

and DSE officer. *Giannis Kapsalis, popular

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Landmarks

* Theogefyro

References

Wine regions of Greece Populated places in Ioannina (regional unit) Municipalities of Epirus (region) {{Epirus-geo-stub