Kaloutas
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Kaloutas | |
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  Kaloutas | |
| Coordinates: 39°46′54″N 20°50′9″E / 39.78167°N 20.83583°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Zagori |
| Municipal unit | Central Zagori |
| Elevation | 796 m (2,612 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 16 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kaloutas (Greek: Καλουτάς, before 1940: Καλωτάς, Kalotas)[2] is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The village is located at the north eastern base of Mount Mitsikeli.[3]
History
In the 19th century, the scholar Ioannis Lambridis wrote about a family with the name Kalota in Ioannina who flourished during the 16th century.[3] According to oral tradition, there were two brothers from the Kalota family, one who founded the village of Kalota and the other established the later deserted settlement of Kioutsouk Kalota, near Greveniti.[5]