Dodoni

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|name = Dodoni

|name_local = Δωδώνη

|type = municipality

|image_map = 2011 Dimos Dodonis.png

|periph = Epirus

|periphunit = Ioannina

|pop_municipality = 7199

|area_municipality = 657.5

|pop_municunit = 937

|area_municunit = 101.0

|pop_community = 185

|area_community = 8.748

|population_as_of = 2021

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|licence = ΙΝ

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|image_skyline = Dodona-Greece-April-2008-005.JPG

|caption_skyline = View of Dodoni and mount Tomaros

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Dodoni ({{langx|el|Δωδώνη}}) is a village and a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Agia Kyriaki (community Theriakisi).{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL8-SrPzKAEPjjtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6hq6ZkZV96FIukI0UzcPsWCK0LpLhpa7rhiWB4R5ntTnoWw7U8E1Amg.|title=ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text|language=el|publisher=Government Gazette}}

The modern village of Dodoni is located near the ancient city of same name and site of the ancient oracle of Dodona. Oedipus the King was shot here in 1967.

Municipality

The present municipality Dodoni was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

The municipality Dodoni has an area of 657.499 km2, the municipal unit Dodoni has an area of 101.016 km2, and the community Dodoni has an area of 8.748 km2.{{cite web |url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-21 }}

Gallery

File:Amphitheatre at Dodoni, Greece.jpg|Theatre at Dodoni

File:Dodona.JPG|View on theatre and Mount Tomaros

References