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47: 63: 442: 955: 89: 70: 438:). As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Arta was created out of the former prefecture Arta. The prefecture had the same territory as the present regional unit. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below. 813: 1086: 1844: 1451: 1529: 1161: 1101: 1751: 1196: 380:
in the west. Most of the population lives in the west, in the Arachthos valley, south and east of Arta. The Athamanika and Valtou mountains are the least populated.
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The regional unit Arta is subdivided into 4 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):
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Georgios Karaiskakis Years of service 1796 - 1827 Rank - General, Battles/wars Greek War of Independence
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From 1994, Drama / Kavala / Xanthi and Evros / Rhodope prefectures were grouped into super-prefectures.
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in the east, and Valtou in the southeast. Only one mountain road links Arta with the
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Maximus the Greek (c. 1475-1556) publicist, writer, scholar, humanist and translator
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From 1971, Attica consisted of four prefecture-level units:
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As one of the first completed sections of the future
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Regional unit
Municipalities of Arta
Arta is located in Greece

39°15′N 21°15′E / 39.250°N 21.250°E / 39.250; 21.250
Greece
Administrative region
Epirus
Arta
Time zone
UTC+2
EET
DST
UTC+3
EEST
Postal code
Area code(s)
Vehicle registration
www.peartas.gov.gr
Greek
regional units of Greece
Epirus
Arta
Ambracian Gulf
Athamanika
Pindus
Pineios
Thessaly
Preveza
Ioannina

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