Kompoti

Kompoti, also Komboti and Koboti (Greek, Modern: Κομπότι /kobóti/) is a municipality in the prefecture of Arta, Greece. Its 2001 population was 2,128 for the town, 2,385 for the municipa; district and 3,485 for the municipality. Kompoti is linked with the road connecting the GR-5/E55 ((Patras - )Antirrio - Agrinio - Arta - Ioannina) and the Pindus mountains. Kompoti is located north of Amfilochia and Agrinio, east-northeast of Preveza and southeast of Arta. The Ambracian Gulf is to the south

ubdivisions

*Agios Nikolaos

Municipal districts

*Foteino
*Sellades
**Alonia

Population

History

Kompoti did not join Greece until the liberation of the modern southeastern Arta which included most of Thessaly in 1881 and was one of the few towns to annex early to Greece. Its economy slowly improved after the end of the Turkish rule over the modern southeastern Arta and later Epirus.

Electricity and automobiles arrived in the 1960s, it was linked with pavement in the late-20th century, television arrived in the 1980s. Internet and computers arrived in the late-1990s.

Other

Kompoti has a few schools, a lyceum (middle school), a gymnasium (secondary school) a few churches, banks, a post office, and a square ("plateia"), its nearest hospital and university are in the city of Ioannina.

External links

* http://www.kompoti.gr
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=2305 Kompoti (municipality) on GTP Travel Pages]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=2306 Kompoti (village) on GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=39.106&longitude=21.0842&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/map.aspx?&lats1=39.106&lons1=20.0842&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=39.106,21.0842 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=39.106&lon=21.0842&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.106,20.0842&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=39.106|21.0842&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coord|39|6|3|N|21|5|3|E|type:city(2,128)_municipality_(3,485)_region:GR|display=inline,title

Northwest: Arta	North: Peta	Northeast: Georgios Karaiskakis
West: Arachthos	Kompoti	East: Georgios Karaiskakis and Menidi in the Etoloakarnania prefecture
	South: "Ambracian Gulf"