Syvota
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| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Thesprotia |
| Municipality | Igoumenitsa |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 875 |
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| • Population | 875 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Vehicle registration | ΗΝ |
Syvota (Greek: Σύβοτα, before 1940: Μούρτος - Mourtos[2]) is a village and a former municipality in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Igoumenitsa, of which it is a municipal unit.[3] The population in 2011 was 875 for the village, and 2,640 for the municipal unit. The seat of the municipality was in Plataria.
History
The earliest recorded inhabitants of the region are the Thesprotians, a Greek tribe of Epirus. In antiquity, the location was called Sybota and was the site of the Battle of Sybota.
During the Middle Ages, Syvota, like the rest of Epirus, was part of the Byzantine Empire and the Despotate of Epirus. Under the Turks, it was called Mourtos.
After nearly 500 years of Ottoman rule, Syvota joined Greece in 1913, following the Balkan Wars. The coastal village of Syvota (Albanian: Murto or Vola) was home to Cham Albanians before 1944, when they were expelled for collaborating with the Axis Powers.[4]
Today, Syvota town is a well-developed resort, owing largely to the numerous pristine beaches with clear waters located on several islets immediately offshore.
Population
The population of Syvota is 875 (as of 2011).
| Year | 1895 | 1913 | 1928 | 1940 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
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| Population | 1066[5] | 970[6] | 679[7] | 383[8] | 241[7] | 684[7] | 560[7] | 575[7] | 756 [9] | ; | 875[10] |
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for [[Wikivoyage:Syvota#Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 863: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|Syvota]]. |
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Name changes of settlements in Greece
- ↑ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
- ↑ Vickers, Miranda and Pettifer, James. The Albanian Question: Reshaping the Balkans. I.B. Tauris, 2007, ISBN 1-86064-974-2, p. 238.
- ↑ Μιχάλης Κοκολάκης, Η τουρκική στατιστική της Ηπείρου στο Σαλναμέ του 1895, στο Τετράδια Εργασίας, τεύχος 18, Κέντρο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών, Αθήνα 2008, σελ 310.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (Greek)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Μιχαήλ Σταματελάτος - Φωτεινή Βάμβα-Σταματελάτου, Επίτομο Γεωγραφικό Λεξικό της Ελλάδος, Ερμής, Αθήνα 2001, σ. 724.
- ↑ Ο πληθυσμός περιλάμβανε 73 Χριστιανούς και 310 Μουσουλμάνους ( βλ. Χαρίτωνος Κ. Λάμπρου, Οι Τσάμηδες και η Τσαμουριά, Αθήναι 1949, σελ 10 ).
- ↑ Στατιστικά στοιχεία δ. Συβότων (Greek)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (Greek)
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