Ammoudia (, before 1928: – ) is a small fishing village in the municipal unit of
Fanari in the municipality of
Parga
Parga (, , ) is a town and municipality located in the northwestern part of the Preveza (regional unit), regional unit of Preveza in Epirus (region), Epirus, northwestern Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Kanallaki. Parga lies on ...
,
Preveza regional unit in
Epirus
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, in northwestern
Greece
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. Ammoudia is located on the
Ionian Sea
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coast, southeast of
Parga
Parga (, , ) is a town and municipality located in the northwestern part of the Preveza (regional unit), regional unit of Preveza in Epirus (region), Epirus, northwestern Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Kanallaki. Parga lies on ...
. The mouth of the river
Acheron
The Acheron ( or ; ''Acheron'' or Ἀχερούσιος ''Acherousios''; ''Acherontas'') is a river in the Epirus (region), Epirus region of northwest Greece. It is long, and has a drainage area of . The river's source is located near the vil ...
is in the village.
History
During the Axis occupation Ammoudia was among the villages targeted by a joint German-Cham Albanian armed operation in August 1943.
A primary school Greek teacher (Socrates Georgoulas) who taught in the area in the 1960s noted in a report he compiled for the
Hellenic Folklore Research Centre that in 1964 that most inhabitants of the village spoke Albanian, ) and had no knowledge of Greek.
Historical population
See also
*
List of settlements in the Preveza regional unit
This is a list of settlements in the Preveza regional unit, Greece.
* Acherousia
* Agia
* Agios Georgios
* Ammoudia
* Andonia
* Ano Rachi
* Ano Skafidoti
* Anogeio
* Anthousa
* Assos
* Cheimadio
* Despotiko
* Dryofyto
* Ekklisies
* ...
References
External links
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GoAmmoudia
{{Fanari
Populated places in Preveza (regional unit)
Parga
Albanian communities in Greece