- Kalpaki
Kalpaki (Greek, Modern: Καλπάκι), older forms: -o and -on is a municipality in the
Ioannina Prefecture ,Greece , about 30 km (20 miles) northwest ofIoannina , southwest ofKonitsa andKastoria , west-southwest ofKozani and east ofKakavia andDelvinaki . Population 2,324 (2001). Kalpaki is connected with the GR-20 linkingIoannina andKonitsa ,Kastoria andKozani which is not the main road for Kozani since 2005.ubdivisions
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Lioumpa Municipal districts
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Ano Ravenia
*Chryssorachi
*Doliana
**Agios Georgios Doliana (formerly Agios Georgios)
*Geroplatanos
*Kalpaki
*Kato Doliana
*Mavrovouni
*Negrades Population
After
World War II and theGreek Civil War , the population steadily declined as residents moved to larger towns and cities and the richest countries in the world.History
Kalpaki did not join Greece until the
Balkan Wars of 1913. Its economy slowly improved after the end of the Turkish rule over 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
Kalpaki 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 ofIoannina .ee also
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List of settlements in the Ioannina prefecture External links
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=2468 Kalpaki (municipality) on GTP Travel Pages]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=2469 Kalpaki (town) on GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=39.8836&longitude=20.623&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/map.aspx?&lats1=39.8836&lons1=20.623&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=39.8836,20.623 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=39.8836&lon=20.623&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellitehttp://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.8836,20.623&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=39.8836|20.623&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coord|39|53|1|N|22|37|25|E|type:city(2,387)_municipality_(7,035)_region:GR|display=inline,titleNorth: Ano Pogoni Northeast: Konitsa West: Delvinaki Kalpaki East: Central Zagori "'Southwest: Ano Kalamia South: Egnatia
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