Konitsa

Also known as Koniçe

Konitsa (, see also names in other languages) is a town of Ioannina in Epirus, Greece. It is located north of the capital Ioannina and near the Albanian border. Konitsa lies northeast of a group of villages known as the Zagorochoria. The town was built amphitheatrically-shaped on a mountain slope of the Pindos mountain range from where it overlooks the valley where the river Aoos meets the river Voidomatis.

Key facts

Greek Dimos.name: Konitsa
Greek Dimos.name_local: Κόνιτσα
Greek Dimos.type: municipality
Greek Dimos.image_map: 2011 Dimos Konitsas.png
Greek Dimos.periph: Epirus
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Ioannina
Greek Dimos.pop_municipality: 5296
Greek Dimos.area_municipality: 951.2
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit: 3982
Greek Dimos.area_municunit: 542.5
Greek Dimos.pop_community: 2638
Greek Dimos.area_community: 54.506
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.elevation: 600
Greek Dimos.postal_code: 441 00
Greek Dimos.area_code: 26550
Greek Dimos.licence: ΙΝ
Greek Dimos.image_skyline: View on Konitsa, Epirus, Greece.jpg

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Wikidata facts

Population: 2942
Elevation: 600
Official website: www.konitsa.gr
Image: View on Konitsa, Epirus, Greece.jpg
Dialing code: 2655

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Commons category: Konitsa
postal code: 441 00
native label: Κόνιτσα

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Konitsa acts as a regional hub for several small villages of Pindos, and features many shops, schools and a public medical center. Primary aspects of the economy are agriculture and tourism; it is a popular starting point for tourists and hikers who want to explore the Pindos mountains, or who want to go rafting in the river Aoos or parapenting. Due to Konitsa's closeness to places of particular interest, such as the Vikos–Aoös National Park, which includes the Vikos Gorge, the Aoos Gorge and the Tymfi mountains, where the Vikos spring water brand is collected, the Dragonlakes of Tymfi and Smolikas and the sulfur baths of Kavasila, contributed to the increase of tourism in the region.