Wikipedia / Perdika
Wikipedia / Perdika
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. The municipal unit has an area of 34.605km2.
Perdika is located 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 (; ) to Perdika. In 1944, the local Cham Albanians were expulsed.
Notable people
Hajredin Shabani (sq), Albanian folkorist and singer
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