Zalongo

Zalongo
Ζάλογγο

Monastery of Zalongo.
Location
Zalongo
Coordinates
Government
Country: Greece
Region: Epirus
Regional unit: Preveza
Municipality: Preveza
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Municipal unit
 - Population: 5,043
Other
Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Auto: ΡΖ

Zalongo (Greek: Ζάλογγο) is a former municipality in the Preveza regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Preveza, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] Population 5,043 (2001). The seat of the municipality was in Kanali. Nearby is the 18th century Zalongo Monastery, immortalized by the defiant mass suicide of a group of Souliot women.

See also

Cassope

References

  1. ^ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)