Zalongo Ζάλογγο |
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Monastery of Zalongo. |
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Zalongo
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Country: | Greece |
Region: | Epirus |
Regional unit: | Preveza |
Municipality: | Preveza |
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- Population: | 5,043 |
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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.