Perdika
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|name = Perdika
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|periphunit = Thesprotia
|municipality = Igoumenitsa
|population = 1543
|population_as_of = 2021
|area = 34.6
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Perdika (Greek: Πέρδικα) is a village and a former community in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Igoumenitsa, of which it is a municipal unit.{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=Government Gazette}} The municipal unit has an area of 34.605 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}}
Perdika is located 29 miles southeast of Igoumenitsa. The town's population is 1,543, as of the 2021 population census. Primary aspects of the economy are agriculture and tourism.
History
In 1927, the name of the village was changed from Arpitsa ({{langx|el|Αρπίτσα}}; {{langx|sq|Arpica}}) to Perdika. In 1944, the local Cham Albanians were expulsed.{{Cite web |title=Πανδέκτης: Arpitsa -- Perdika |url=http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/169241 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729232017/https://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/169241 |archive-date=29 July 2024 |website=pandektis.ekt.gr}}Fatos Mero Rrapaj (1995). Fjalori Onomastik i Epirit. Eurorilindja. f. 273.Rrapaj. Fjalori Onomastik i Epirit. 1995. f. 273-277. Treguan: 1) Duro Balo, 85 vjeç, autodidakt, nga Arpica, refugjat i vitit 1944, sot me banim në Skelë (Vlorë). 2) Hajredin Muhamet Shabani, 35 vjeç, me arsim 7 vjeçar, teknik ndërtimi, nga Arpica, refugjat i vitit 1944, sot me banim në Skelë (Vlorë). 3) Ahmet Duro Balo, 35 vjeç, minator, me arsim 7 vjeçar, nga Arpica, refugjat i vitit 1944, sot me banim në Skelë (Vlorë). Vlorë. 1960.