Agia Sotira
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Agia Sotira
Αγία Σωτήρα | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 40°12′10″N 21°11′10″E / 40.20278°N 21.18611°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kozani |
| Municipality | Voio |
| Municipal unit | Pentalofos |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 12 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Agia Sotira (Greek: Αγία Σωτήρα, before 1927: Σβόλιανη – Svoliani),[2] is a village in the municipal unit of Pentalofos, Kozani regional unit, Greece.[3] From Agia Sotira has heritage the professional basketball player Zach Auguste.
Pre–war and post–war immigration from Agia Sotira led to the formation of a diaspora and most of the village population lives abroad in the northern suburbs of Melbourne in Australia.[4]