Valtos Province

Επαρχία Βάλτου
Valtos Province
Province of Greece
2006
Capital Amfilochia
History
 - Established Enter start date
 - Law 2539/1997 2006

Valtos Province (Greek: Επαρχία Βάλτου) is one of the five former provinces of Aetolia-Acarnania in Greece. It lies in the north-west part of the prefecture. Its capital was Amfilochia. The Acheloos River was the border of the province to Evrytania. Today the Kremasta artificial lake separates the province from Evrytania. During Ottoman rule, the region of Valtos (which means "swamp" in Greek) was a safe haven for bandits and brigands. During the struggle for the liberation of Greece Valtos contributed many fighters and leaders to the Greek Revolution.

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Former prefectures (1833-2010), super-prefectures and provinces (1833-2006) of Greece
Provinces as of 2006.
East Macedonia and Thrace
Evros (Alexandroupoli - Didymoteicho - Soufli - Orestiada - Samothrace) · Xanthi (-) · Rhodope (Komotini - Sapes) · Drama (-) · Kavala (Philippi - Paggeon - Nestos - Thasos) · Two super-prefectures: Rhodope-Evros, Drama-Kavala-Xanthi, Prefectures dissolved before 2010: Thrace (1930)
Central Macedonia
West Macedonia
Grevena (-) · Kastoria (-) · Kozani (Kozani - Eordea - Voio) · Florina (-)
Thessaly
Karditsa (-) · Larissa (Farsala - Agia - Larissa - Elassona - Tyrnavos) · Magnesia (Almyros - Northern Sporades - Volos & Pelion) · Trikala (Trikala - Kalambaka)
Epirus
Ionian Islands
Zakynthos (-) · Kerkyra (Corfu - Paxi) · Kefallinia (Krani - Paliki - Sami) · Lefkada (-)
West Greece
Aitoloakarnania (Messolonghi - Nafpaktia - Trichonis - Valtos - Vonitsa and Xiromeros) · Achaea (Aigialeia - Kalavryta - Patras) · Ileia (Elis - Olympia) · Before 2010: Achaea and Elis (1930)
Central Greece
Boeotia (Livadeia - Thiva) · Euboea (Chalkida - Istiaeotis - Karystiaea) · Evrytania (-) · Phthiotis (Domokos - Locris - Phthiotis)  · Phocis (Dorida - Parnassida)  · Before 2010: Phthiotis and Phocis (1947)  · Phocis and Locris · Attica-Boeotia Prefecture(1943)
Attica
Attica Prefecture consisted of four prefecture-level units, often regarded as prefectures themselves: Athens · East Attica (Attica - Mesogaea - Lavreotica) · Piraeus (Aegina - Hydra and Spetses - Kythira - Piraeus - Salamis - Troezinia) · West Attica (Eleusis - Megaris) · Before 2010 Attica-Boeotia Prefecture(1943)
Peloponnese
Argolis (Argos - Ermionida - Nafplia) · Arcadia (Gortynia - Kynouria - Mantineia - Megalopoli) · Corinthia (-) · Laconia (Epidavros Limira - Gytheio - Lacedaemonia - Oitylo) · Messinia (Kalamon - Messene - Pylia - Trifyllia) · Before 2010: Argolis and Corinthia (1949) · Lacedaemon (?) · Lakoniki (?)
North Aegean
South Aegean
Dodecanese (Patmos - Kalymnos - Kos - Rhodes - Karpathos and Kasos) · Cyclades (Amorgos - Andros - Kea - Milos - Naxos - Paros - Syros and Mykonos - Thera - Tinos)
Crete
Heraklion (Kenourgion - Malevizion - Monofatsi - Pediada - Pyrgiotissa - Temenos - Viannos) · Lasithi (Ierapetra - Lasithi - Mirampellos - Sitia) · Rethymno (Agios Vasilios - Amari - Mylopotamos - Rethymna) · Chania (Apokoronas - Kydonia - Kissamos - Selino - Sfakia)
In Northern Epirus
Argyrokastron (Delvino, Premeti) (1915-1916) · Korytsa (Erseka) (1915-1916)
In Eastern Thrace
Adrianople (1920-1923) · Kallipolis (1920-1923) · Rhaedestos (1920-1923) · Saranta Ekklisies (1920-1923)
Prefectures are grouped by region, these are sorted by ISO 3166-2 code as of 2010. If year of disestablishment of a prefecture in current Greece territory was before 2010 it is given in parenthesis.