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Kalpaki is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit , Epirus , ___MASK61___ . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pogoni , of which it is a municipal unit . It is situated about northwest of Ioannina , and southwest of Konitsa . The municipal unit has an area of 116 . 756 km , the community 13 . 189 km . Population 1 , 719 ( 2011 ). The Greek National Road 20 connects Kalpaki with Ioannina and Konitsa . The GR - 22 connects Kalpaki with Kakavia , the border crossing into southern Albania . The Ionian Sea (, , ) is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea , south of the Adriatic Sea . It is bounded by southern ___MASK66___ including Calabria , Sicily , and the Salento peninsula to the west , southern ___MASK49___ to the north , and the west coast of ___MASK61___ . ___MASK49___ (; ), officially the Republic of ___MASK49___ , is a sovereign state in Southeastern Europe . It has a population of 3 . 03 million as of 2016 . Tirana is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Durrës and Vlorë . ___MASK49___ is located in the south - western part of the Balkan peninsula , bordered by Montenegro to the northwest , ___MASK88___ to the northeast , the Republic of Macedonia to the east , and ___MASK61___ to the south and southeast . The country has a coastline on the northern shore of the Mediterranean Sea , the Adriatic Sea to the west and the Ionian Sea to the southwest where the Albanian Riviera begins . ___MASK49___ is less than from Italy , across the Strait of Otranto which connects the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea . Athamanika or Tzoumerka ( Greek :  or  ) is a mountain range in northwestern ___MASK61___ , part of the wider Pindus mountain range . Its highest point is the mountain Kakarditsa , at 2 , 429 m . Its length is approximately 40 km from north to south and its width is approximately 15 to 20 km from east to west . The only major road crossing the Athamanika is the Greek National Road 30 ( Arta - Trikala - Karditsa - Volos ). Thessaloniki is the second - largest city in ___MASK61___ and the capital of Greek Macedonia , the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace . Its nickname is   (" Symprotévousa "), literally " the co - capital ", a reference to its historical status as the  (" Symvasilévousa ") or " co - reigning " city of the Eastern Roman ( Byzantine ) Empire , alongside Constantinople . Lakmos ( Greek :  ) is a mountain in eastern Ioannina and western Trikala regional units . The mountain is a part of the Pindus mountain range . Its highest peak is the Peristeri , at 2 , 295 m elevation . It stretches from the village Krapsi in the west to near Metsovo in the east , over a length of about 20 km ( 12 mi ) . The nearest mountains are the Athamanika to the south , the Lygkos to the north and the Mitsikeli to the west . It is drained by the river Arachthos and its tributaries to the north , west and south , and by the Acheloos to the east . The nearest town is Metsovo , at its northeastern end . Other places in the mountains are Anthousa in the southeast , Anthochori in the north , Megali Gotista in the west and Vathypedo in the southwest . The Egnatia Odos motorway ( Igoumenitsa - Ioannina - Kozani - Thessaloniki - Alexandroupoli ) passes north of the mountains . The Thyamis , also known as Glykys (  ) or Kalamas (  ), is a river in the Epirus region of ___MASK61___ . It flows into the Ionian Sea . The names of the Chameria region (" Tsamouria " in Greek ), as well as the former Cham minority , derive from the river ' s name . Thyamis in ancient ___MASK61___ was mentioned by Pausanias as forming the boundary between Thesprotis and Kestrine . The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus (" Pelopónnsos "), is a peninsula and geographic region in southern ___MASK61___ . It is separated from the central part of the country by the Gulf of Corinth . During the late Middle Ages and the Ottoman era , the peninsula was known as the Morea , a name still in colloquial use in its demotic form (  ). Mitsikeli is a mountain range in the central part of the Pindus mountains , in Epirus , ___MASK61___ . The mountain is located northeast of Ioannina and Lake Ioannina . Its highest elevation is 1 , 810 m . It stretches from near Kalpaki in the northwest to the eastern end of Lake Ioannina , a total length of 35 km . The northeastern slopes and the lower northwestern part of Mitsikeli are forested . The nearest mountains are the Tymfi to the north , the Lygkos to the northeast and the Lakmos to the east . It is drained by tributaries of the Thyamis to the northwest , towards Lake Ioannina to the southwest , by the Voidomatis ( tributary of the Aoos ) to the northeast and by the Arachthos to the southeast . Thessaly (" Thessalía "; ancient Thessalian : , " Petthalía ") is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of ___MASK61___ , comprising most of the ancient region of the same name . Before the Greek Dark Ages , Thessaly was known as Aeolia , and appears thus in Homer ' s " Odyssey ". Epirus is a geographical and historical region in southeastern Europe , now shared between ___MASK61___ and Albania . It lies between the Pindus Mountains and the Ionian Sea , stretching from the Bay of Vlorë and the Acroceraunian mountains in the north to the Ambracian Gulf and the ruined Roman city of Nicopolis in the south . It is currently divided between the region of Epirus in northwestern ___MASK61___ and the counties of Gjirokastër , Vlorë , and Berat in southern Albania . The largest city in Epirus is Ioannina , seat of the region of Epirus , with Gjirokastër the largest city in the Albanian part of Epirus . Metsovo is a town in Epirus on the mountains of Pindus in northern ___MASK61___ , between Ioannina to the north and Meteora to the south . Athens (" Athína " ) is the capital and largest city of ___MASK61___ . Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world ' s oldest cities , with its recorded history spanning over 3 , 400 years , and its earliest human presence starting somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC . Classical Athens was a powerful city - state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus , which had been a distinct city prior to its 5th century BC incorporation with Athens . A centre for the arts , learning and philosophy , home of Plato ' s Academy and Aristotle ' s Lyceum , it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy , largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent , and in particular the Romans . In modern times , Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic , financial , industrial , maritime , political and cultural life in ___MASK61___ . In 2015 , Athens was ranked the world ' s 29th richest city by purchasing power and the 67th most expensive in a UBS study . Greek National Road 30 ( abbreviated as EO30 ) is a single carriageway road in central ___MASK61___ . It connects the cities of Arta and Volos , via Trikala and Karditsa . Lygkos , also transliterated as " Lyngos " or " Lygos ", is a remote mountain range in the eastern Ioannina and the western Grevena regional unit in northwestern ___MASK61___ . It is a part of the Pindus mountain range . Its highest point is the Avgo , at 2 , 177 m elevation . The Lygkos mountains lie in a horseshoe shape around the Valia Kalda (   ) valley , which exits towards the Aoos valley to the west . The Valia Kalda is part of the Pindus - Valia Kalda National Park , founded in 1966 . It is one of the coldest and wettest regions of ___MASK61___ . The mountains are densely forested , with alpine meadows in the highest elevations . ___MASK61___ (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern Europe . ___MASK61___ ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . Athens is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . Ioannina , often called Yannena within ___MASK61___ , is the capital and largest city of Epirus , an administrative region in north - western ___MASK61___ . Its populations is 112 , 486 , according to 2011 census . It lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level , on the western shore of lake Pamvotis . It is the capital of Ioannina regional unit and the region of Epirus . Ioannina is located northwest of Athens , southwest of Thessaloniki and east of the port of Igoumenitsa in the Ionian Sea . Tymfi or Mt Tymphe , Timfi , also Tymphi ( Greek :  ) is a mountain in the northern Pindus mountain range , northwestern ___MASK61___ . It is part of the regional unit of Ioannina and lies in the region of Zagori , just a few metres south of the 40 ° parallel . Tymfi forms a massif with its highest peak , Gamila , at , being the sixth highest in ___MASK61___ . Igoumenitsa , is a coastal city in northwestern ___MASK61___ . It is the capital of the regional unit of Thesprotia . Northern Epirus (" Vorios Ipiros ") is a term used to refer to those parts of the historical region of Epirus , in the western Balkans , which today are part of ___MASK49___ . The term is used mostly by Greeks and is associated with the existence of a substantial ethnic Greek population in the region . It also has connotations with political claims on the territory on the grounds that it was held by ___MASK61___ and in 1914 was declared an independent state by the local Greeks against annexation to the newly founded Albanian principality . The term is typically rejected by most Albanians for its irredentist associations . The Pindus ( also Pindos or Pindhos ) mountain range is located in northern ___MASK61___ and southern Albania . It is roughly 160 km long , with a maximum elevation of 2 , 637 m ( Mount Smolikas ). Because it runs along the border of Thessaly and Epirus , the Pindus range is often called the " spine of ___MASK61___ ". The mountain range stretches from near the Greek - Albanian borders in Northern Epirus , entering the Epirus region and Macedonia region in northern ___MASK61___ down to the north of the Peloponnese . Geologically it constitutes an extension of the Dinaric Alps , which dominate the western region of the Balkan Peninsula . This vast complex of mountains , peaks , plateaus , valleys and gorges traverses the Greek mainland from the Northwest to the Southeast . Its length reaches almost 230 kilometers and its largest width is 70 kilometers .