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Also known as Amfilochía, Karvasaras

Amfilochia () is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of Aetolia-Acarnania in Greece, on the site of ancient Amfilochia. Under the Ottoman Empire, it was known as Karvasaras (Καρβασαράς; Kervansaray in Turkish, from caravanserai).

Key facts

Greek Dimos.name
Amfilochia
Greek Dimos.name_local
Αμφιλοχία
Greek Dimos.type
municipality
Greek Dimos.image_map
2011 Dimos Amfilochias.png
Greek Dimos.periph
West Greece
Greek Dimos.periphunit
Aetolia-Acarnania
Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
14979
Greek Dimos.area_municipality
1091.0
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
9154
Greek Dimos.area_municunit
397.9
Greek Dimos.pop_community
4241
Greek Dimos.population_as_of
2021
Greek Dimos.image_skyline
Αμφιλοχία.jpg
Greek Dimos.postal_code
305 00
Greek Dimos.area_code
26420

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Municipality
  • Subdivisions
  • Population
  • Transport
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Amfilochia () is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of Aetolia-Acarnania in Greece, on the site of ancient Amfilochia. Under the Ottoman Empire, it was known as Karvasaras (Καρβασαράς; Kervansaray in Turkish, from caravanserai).

Amfilochia is situated by the Ambracian Gulf and features an amphitheatre. Amfilochia dates back to the ancient times and also features the ancient cities of Amphilochian Argos and Limnaia (or Limnaea).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amfilochia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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