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Arta

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Capital: Arta
Periphery: Epirus
Area: ? kmē
Inhabitants: ? (1991)
Pop. density: ? inh./kmē
ISO 3166-2: GR-?
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Arta is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. It is within the Epirus periphery. It is also the capital with the same name, and was the capital of the Despotate of Epirus in the Middle Ages. The location is north of the Ambracian Gulf. Mountains surround the northeast with only one road linking into the Peneus and Thessaly, and low-land agricultural plains to its west.

The famous landmark which is over the Aous river is Arta's Old Bridge on its west side. The second famous is the ancient buildings. The downtown to its north is suurounded by a state highway.

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