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Flag of Igoumenitsa - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 2 October 2013
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The municipality of Igoumenitsa (25,814 inhabitants in 2011; 42,660 ha) was formed in the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities of Igoumenitsa (17,902 inh.), Margariti (Μαργαρίτι, 3,032 inh.), Parapotamos (Παραπόταμος, 1,668 inh.), Perdika (Πέρδικα, 2,272 inh.), and Syvoat (Σύβοτα, 3,010 inh.).
In ancient times Igoumenitsa was known as Titani (Gitani, Gitana, Goumani) and was one of the most important towns of the Kingdom of Thesprotis during the 4th century BC. The town was a meeting place of the Epirote League.
Titani was destroyed by the Romans in 167 BC and later on it was annexed
into the Roman Empire. It was ruled by Ottoman Empire and was renamed as
Reşadiye in 1909, to honour of Mehmet V, Ottoman Sultan between 1909 and 1918.
After the liberation of the region from the Ottoman rule during the Balkan Wars in 1913, the town name was Grava; in 1938, it became head of the prefecture of Thesprotia and was renamed to Igoumenitsa.
Olivier Touzeau, 2 October 2013
The flag of Igoumenitsa (Kokkonis website) is white with the municipality's emblem. The new municipality uses the same emblem and the same flag as the former one.
Olivier Touzeau, 2 October 2013