Pogoniani
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Pogoniani Πωγωνιανή |
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 Pogoniani
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| Coordinates: 40°00′N 20°25′E / 40.000°N 20.417°ECoordinates: 40°00′N 20°25′E / 40.000°N 20.417°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Pogoni |
| • Municipal unit | 56.693 km2 (21.889 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Municipal unit | 567 |
| • Municipal unit density | 10/km2 (26/sq mi) |
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| • Population | 425 (2011) |
| • Area (km2) | 18.830 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Vehicle registration | ΙΝ |
Pogonianí (Greek: Πωγωνιανή, pronounced [poɣoɲaˈni], before 1928: Βοστίνα - Vostina) 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 Pogoni, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 56.693 km2, the community 18.830 km2. It is best known in Greece as the birthplace of Karolos Papoulias, President of the Hellenic Republic between 2005 and 2015.
The municipal unit consists of 4 villages: Pogoniani, Dolo, Drymades, Stavroskiadi. During the period prior to the First World War the British member of the International Commission that was responsible of the delineation of the Greek-Albanian border noticed that the villages that were ceded to Albania, which consist of the northern portion of Pogoniani are entirely Greek-speaking.
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