Nafpaktia
Municipality in Greece
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Nafpaktia (Greek: Ναυπακτία), known in Ancient Greek as Naupactia, is the historical name for the region around the port town of Nafpaktos (Naupactus) in Central Greece. It is administered as a municipality of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit, with Nafpaktos as its seat.[4] The municipality has an area of 876.209 km2.[5]
Nafpaktia
Ναυπακτία | |
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  Nafpaktia Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 38°23′N 21°49′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Western Greece |
| Regional unit | Aetolia-Acarnania |
| Seat | Nafpaktos |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vasileios Gizas[1][2] (since 2019) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 876.2 km2 (338.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Municipality | 25,065 |
| • Density | 28.61/km2 (74.09/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Administration
The municipality Nafpaktia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 6 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[4]
Province
The province of Nafpaktia (Greek: Επαρχία Ναυπακτίας) was one of the provinces of the Aetolia-Acarnania Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Nafpaktia.[6] It was abolished in 2006.
Geography
The approximately 60 villages of the region are built at altitudes of 700 to 1,000 m (2,300–3,300 ft) and are located from 30 to 90 km (19–56 mi) away from Nafpaktos.
Villages include Elatou, built in a pine forest; Ano Chora, which used to be called Megali Lobotina and has a population of 30; and Katafygio, formerly Amorani, which is at an altitude of 650 m (2,130 ft) and is 33 km (21 mi) from Nafpaktos.
