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Preveza
Sign in to savePreveza (, ) is a city in the region of Epirus, northwestern Greece, located on the northern peninsula of the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. It is the capital of the regional unit of Preveza, which comprises the southern part of Epirus. Preveza is connected to Aktio in Central Greece by the Aktio-Preveza Immersed Tunnel, the only undersea tunnel in Greece. The ruins of the ancient city of Nicopolis lie north of Preveza.
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Place details
- Locality
- Πρέβεζα
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Ηπείρου
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 17,283
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Preveza
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Πρέβεζα
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Prevezas.png
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Port of Preveza 2013.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- The promenade and port
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Epirus
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Preveza
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 30841
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 380.5
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 22868
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 66.8
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 21099
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.demonym
- Prevezian
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 8
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 481 00
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 26820
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Δήμος Πρέβεζας
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 19042
- Area
- 668
- Elevation
- 3
- Official website
- www.dimosprevezas.gr
- Image
- Port of Preveza 2013.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2682
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- Commons category
- Preveza
- postal code
- 481 00
- native label
- Πρέβεζα
- P8168
- Ernst Schnabel
- P12749
- Let's Go
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Travel guide
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In 2021, it had a population of 30,000.
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Article
23 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Administration
- History
- Antiquity
- Medieval period
- First Ottoman period
- Venetian intervention
- French rule
- Second Ottoman period
- Balkan Wars
- Second World War
- Modern period
- Main sights
- Notable people
- Transportation
- Historical population
- International relations
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Preveza (, ) is a city in the region of Epirus, northwestern Greece, located on the northern peninsula of the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. It is the capital of the regional unit of Preveza, which comprises the southern part of Epirus. Preveza is connected to Aktio in Central Greece by the Aktio-Preveza Immersed Tunnel, the only undersea tunnel in Greece. The ruins of the ancient city of Nicopolis lie north of Preveza.
==Etymology== Despite the fact that the name Preveza is attested in the Chronicle of the Morea (, , ), in the narratives referring to the suppression of the rebellious prince of the Despotate of Epirus, Nikephoros I, which occurred in 1290, this does not prove that the city existed in that period. The name is commonly regarded as originally deriving from the Slavic word , meaning 'passage', but transmitted via an Albanian form , 'transportation, crossing'. These words correspond to the ancient Greek word pereosis (), which means passing across, pointing to it as a likely ultimate origin of the name.
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