Ioannina

Ioannina is a beautiful city in whose old town is surrounded by tall defensive walls.
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  • Type: City with 89,100 residents
  • Description: capital and largest city of Ioannina and Epirus, Greece
  • Also known as: Ioäa” and “Yannena

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fethiye Mosque and Byzantine Museum.

Mosque
The is an Ottoman mosque in Ioannina, . The mosque was built in the city's inner castle immediately after the conquest by the Ottomans in 1430, near the ruins of an early 13th-century Byzantine church dedicated to the Archangels Michael and Gabriel.

Museum
The of Ioannina is housed in one of the buildings of citadel of Ioannina, the capital of the Epirus region in northwestern . The central section was built in the 1960s and originally functioned as a Royal Pavilion.

Mosque
The is an Ottoman-built mosque in the city of Ioannina, . The mosque was built in 1618 in the city's castle, replacing the Church of Saint John, which was torn down after the failed anti-Ottoman revolt of 1611 led by Dionysius the Philosopher.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anatoli and Perama.

Town
is a town and a former municipality in the , , . It is located within the urban area of Ioannina and since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Ioannina, of which it is a municipal unit.

Town
is a town.

Ioannina

Latitude
39.664° or 39° 39′ 50″ north
Longitude
20.8523° or 20° 51′ 8″ east
Population
89,100
Elevation
468 metres (1,535 feet)
IATA airport code
IOA
United Nations Location Code
GR IOA
Open location code
8GF2MV72+HW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 139314748
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
261779
Wiki­data ID
Q183199
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Ioannina” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Janina
  • Albanian: Janinë
  • Arabic: جيانينا
  • Arabic: يانينة
  • Arabic: يانينه
  • Arabic: يوانينا
  • Armenian: Յանինա
  • Asturian: Ioánina
  • Azerbaijani: Yanina
  • Bashkir: Янина (ҡала)
  • Bashkir: Янина
  • Basque: Ioanina
  • Belarusian: Яніна
  • Bengali: ইওয়ান্নিনা (গ্রিস)
  • Bengali: ইওয়ান্নিনা
  • Bulgarian: Йоанина
  • Bulgarian: Янина
  • Catalan: Ioannina
  • Catalan: Ioànnina
  • Catalan: Janina
  • Catalan: Jannina
  • Catalan: Yanya
  • Cebuano: Ioánnina
  • Chechen: Янина
  • Chinese: 約阿尼納
  • Chinese: 約阿連納
  • Chinese: 约阿尼纳
  • Chuvash: Янина (хула)
  • Chuvash: Янина
  • Croatian: Ioannina
  • Croatian: Janjina
  • Czech: Ioánina
  • Czech: Ioannina
  • Czech: Ioánnina
  • Czech: Janina
  • Czech: Yanina
  • Danish: Ioannina
  • Dimli (individual language): Yanya
  • Dutch: Ioannina
  • Dutch: Ioánnina
  • Egyptian Arabic: يوانينا
  • Esperanto: Ioanino
  • Esperanto: Ioannina
  • Estonian: Ioánnina
  • Finnish: Ioannina
  • Finnish: Ioánnina
  • French: Ioannina
  • French: Ioánnina
  • French: Janina
  • Galician: Ioannina
  • Georgian: იანინა
  • Georgian: იოანინა
  • German: Ioannina
  • German: Jannina
  • Greek: Ioánnina
  • Greek: Janina
  • Greek: Yanina
  • Greek: Yannina
  • Greek: Γιάννενα
  • Greek: Γιάννινα
  • Greek: Ιωάννινα
  • Gujarati: યોઆનીના
  • Hebrew: יאנינה
  • Hebrew: יואנינה
  • Hindi: ईओणिना
  • Hungarian: Janina
  • Hungarian: Joánina
  • Icelandic: Jóannína
  • Ido: Ioanina
  • Indonesian: Ioannina
  • Irish: Ioannina
  • Italian: Giannina
  • Italian: Giànnina
  • Italian: Ioannina
  • Italian: Ioànnina
  • Italian: Jannina
  • Japanese: イオアニア
  • Japanese: イオアニナ
  • Japanese: ヤニナ
  • Japanese: ヨアニア
  • Japanese: ヨアニナ
  • Japanese: ヨハニナ
  • Kannada: ಅಯೋನ್ನಿಯ
  • Korean: 요안니나
  • Korean: 이오아니나
  • Korean: 이오안니나
  • Kurdish: Ioannina
  • Latin: Ioannina
  • Latin: Joannina
  • Latvian: Joannina
  • Limburgan: Ioannina
  • Lithuanian: Janina
  • Lithuanian: Joanina
  • Luxembourgish: Ioannina
  • Macedonian: Јанина
  • Malay: Ioannina
  • Marathi: लोयोनीना
  • Northern Frisian: Ioannina
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ianina
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ioannina
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ioánnina
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Janinë
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ianina
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ioannina
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ioánnina
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Janinë
  • Occitan (post 1500): Ioannina
  • Occitan (post 1500): Janina
  • Occitan (post 1500): Joannina
  • Persian: یوآنینا
  • Persian: یوانینا
  • Polish: Janina
  • Portuguese: Janina
  • Romanian: Ianina
  • Romanian: Ioannina
  • Russian: Янина
  • Russian: Янине
  • Serbian: Janjina
  • Serbian: Јањина
  • Serbo-Croatian: Janjina
  • Serbo-Croatian: Јањина
  • Silesian: Janina (mjasto)
  • Silesian: Janina
  • Sinhala: ලෝනිනා
  • Slovak: Ioannina
  • Slovak: Janina
  • Slovenian: Ioánnina
  • Slovenian: Janina
  • Spanish: Ioanina
  • Spanish: Ioánina
  • Spanish: Ioannina
  • Spanish: Ioánnina
  • Spanish: Janina
  • Spanish: Yanena
  • Spanish: Yánena
  • Spanish: Yannina
  • Spanish: Yánnina
  • Spanish: Ιωάννινα
  • Swedish: Giannena
  • Swedish: Giánnina
  • Swedish: Ianina
  • Swedish: Ioanina
  • Swedish: Ioannina
  • Swedish: Ioánnina
  • Swedish: Jania
  • Swedish: Janina
  • Swedish: Janine
  • Swedish: Janinë
  • Swedish: Jannina
  • Swedish: Jiannena
  • Swedish: Yanena
  • Swedish: Yánena
  • Swedish: Yánina
  • Swedish: Yiánnena
  • Swedish: Yiánnina
  • Tamil: லோயோணிநா
  • Telugu: లోన్ నిన
  • Thai: Ioannina
  • Thai: Yannina
  • Thai: ยานนีนา
  • Thai: โยอานนีนา
  • Turkish: Ioannina
  • Turkish: Yanya
  • Ukrainian: Іоанніна
  • Ukrainian: Яніна
  • Urdu: ایوآنیا
  • Urdu: ایونیا
  • Vietnamese: Ioannina
  • Waray (Philippines): Ioannina
  • Welsh: Ioannina
  • Western Armenian: Իոանինա
  • Wu Chinese: 约阿尼纳
  • Yue Chinese: 約阿連納

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