Ioannina
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Summary
Ioannina is a city[1]. Ioannina ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,162 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ioannina Municipality[3], Commune of Ioannina[4]
- Country: Greece[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Lake Pamvotida[6]
- Head of government: Thomas Begas[7]
- Shares border with: Arta Prefecture[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Avignon[9], Korçë[10]
- Postal code: 45221[11], 45332[12], 45333[13], 45444[14], 45500[15]
- Commons category: Ioannina[16]
- Patron saint: St. Georgios the New Martyr of Ioannina[17]
- Local dialing code: 2651[18]
- Coordinate location: 39.66361111111111, 20.852222222222224[19]
- Official website: https://ioannina.gr/[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ioannina[21]
- Population: 64,896[22], 67,384[23], 62,346[24], 65,574[25]
- Time of earliest written record: 879[26]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[31], Meyer’s Universum, Elfter Band[32]
- Capital of: Epirus Region[33], Ioannina Municipality[34], Ioannina Regional Unit[35], Decentralized Administration of Epirus and Western Macedonia[36]
- Official name: Ιωάννινα[37]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Ioannina[38]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Ioannina[39]
- Native label: Ιωάννινα[40]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Ioannina[41]
- Different from: Janina[42]
- Elevation above sea level: 490[43]
- Area: 403[44]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Ioannina include Ioannina National Airport "King Pyrros"[45], an airport[46], in Greece[47], founded in 1932[48]; Ioannina compromise[49], a compromise[50]; and Metropolis of Ioannina[51], an Eastern Orthodox eparchy[52], in Greece[53].
Why It Matters
Ioannina has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Ioannina is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for Ioannina include Ioannina National Airport "King Pyrros"[45], an airport[46], in Greece[47], founded in 1932[48]; Ioannina compromise[49], a compromise[50]; and Metropolis of Ioannina[51], an Eastern Orthodox eparchy[52], in Greece[53].