Skoulikaria is a

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in the Municipality of Georgios Karaiskakis with 273 permanent residents (2011 census) at an altitude of 973 meters, and is about 44 km away from the town of Arta. Under the

Kapodistrias reform Kapodistrias reform (, "Kapodistrias Plan") is the common name of law 2539 of Greece, which reorganised the country's administrative divisions. The law, named after 19th-century Greek statesman (Ioannis Kapodistrias), passed the Hellenic Parliamen ...

, in force until the end of 2010, Skoulikaria was a municipal area of the newly formed municipality of Georgios Karaiskakis-based Diasello. Under the new administrative division of the

Kallikratis Plan The Kallikratis Programme () is the common name of Greek law 3852/2010 of 2010, a major administrative reform in Greece. It brought about the second major reform of the country's administrative divisions following the 1997 Kapodistrias reform. ...

, Skoulikaria joined the extended Georgios Karaiskakis municipality, which was formed through the merger of the pre-existing municipalities of Irakleia, Karaiskakis and Tetrafilia. Skoulikaria along with Giannioti and Agia Paraskevi make up the local community Skoulikaria with a total population of 441 people.

History

Skoulikaria is the birthplace of the general of the

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted ...

Georgios Karaiskakis.

Events

Karaiskakeia (in honor of Commander Georgios Karaiskakis) - Penultimate Sunday of July each year in Skoulikaria (his hometown) Provatina celebration each year (June) in collaboration with cultural associassions, the plateau - Gavrogou- in Skoulikaria {{coord, 39, 10, N, 21, 16, E, display=title, region:GR_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Populated places in Arta (regional unit) Georgios Karaiskakis (municipality)