Epirus (region)

Epirus Ήπειρος
Administrative region of Greece Traditional region of Greece
Epirus within Greece
Coordinates: 39°36′N 20°48′E / 39.6°N 20.8°E / 39.6; 20.8
Country	Greece
Decentralized Administration	Epirus and Western Macedonia
Capital	Ioannina
Regional units	List Arta Ioannina Preveza Thesprotia
Government
• Regional governor	Alexandros Kachrimanis [el] (New Democracy)
Area
• Total	9,203.22 km2 (3,553.38 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	319,543
• Density	35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Demonym	Epirote
GDP [2]
• Total	€4.049 billion (2021)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
ISO 3166 code	GR-D
HDI (2019)	0.879[3] very high · 3rd of 13
Website	www.php.gov.gr

Epirus (/ɪˈpaɪrəs/ ih-PY-rəs; Greek: Ήπειρος, romanized: Ípiros, [ˈi.pi.ros]) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region in northwestern Greece.^[4] It borders the regions of Western Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, West Greece to the south, the Ionian Sea and Ionian Islands to the west and Albania to the north. The region has an area of about 9,200 km² (3,600 sq mi). It is part of the wider historical region of Epirus, which overlaps modern Albania and Greece but lies mostly within Greek territory.