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'''Aitoloakarnania''', (Greek: Αιτωλοακαρνανία, ''Aitoloakarnanía'', also ''Aetoloacarnania'') is one of the fifty-one [[prefecture]]s of [[Greece]].  It is located in the western part of [[Greece]].  The prefecture is a combination of the regions [[Aetolia]] and [[Acarnania]].  Its capital is [[Mesolongi]] located in the south.  The area is now connected with the [[Peloponnesus]] peninsula with [[Rio-Antirio bridge]].  The surrounding prefectures are [[Arta prefecture|Arta]] in [[Epirus]], a narrow length bordering [[Karditsa prefecture|Karditsa]] of [[Thessaly]], [[Evrytania prefecture|Evritania]] to the northeast and [[Phocis prefecture|Phocis]] to the east.  It is the largest prefecture in area in Greece.
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#REDIRECT[[Aetolia-Acarnania]]
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==Geography==
 
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Mountains dominate the north, northeast, west and southeast especially the Acarnanian Mountains.  The longest and main river is the [[Acheloos]] which ends as a delta in a wetlands in the southwest.  The prefecture excludes islands lying in the west which belongs to the [[Kefallinia prefecture]].  There is one reservoir and a lake in the central part.  Its mountains includes the [[Panaitoliko]] in the northeast and the [[Acarnanian Mountains]] where a spring water company was founded.
 
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==Climate==
 
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Its climate varies from hot summers to mild winters in the low lying areas, cool winters dominate the mountain areas while in the highest elevations, summers are cool and snow and cold weather dominate the winter months in the Panaitoliko.
 
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==History==
 
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For the earlier history about Aetoloacarnania, see [[Aetolia]] or [[Acarnania]].
 
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Aetolia and Acarnania became a prefecture and merged to form Aetolia-Acarnania.  In the 20th century, ferry services with [[Rio, Greece|Rio]] with the [[Peloponnesus]] began.  In the 1950s and the 1960s, ferry services began to use vehicles.  A drawbridge linking the island of [[Lefkada]] began in the 1960s.  The following years, GR-5 bypassed Mesolonghi and Agrinio and GR-38 became connected with paved road with Evrytania and Fthiotida.  In the late-1980s, the by-pass of Nafpaktos began construction but after paving the road, the signs did not appear and until 1998, left unopened, in 1999, the road was rerepaired and finally opened to traffic.  In 2000, the construction of the Rio-Antirio or the Trikoupis Bridge connecting the Peloponnese began construction and was opened to traffic in August 2004.  The superhighway, the [[Ioniki Odos]] (Ionian Highway/Route) which will run centrally bypassing communities and places at whole is in plan but the date of construction has yet set.
 
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On July 29, 2005, a small forest fire burnt forests and grasslands in the area are [[Xiromeri]], no damages were reported.
 
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==Population history==
 
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*1991: 230,688
 
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*2001: 228,180
 
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==Transportation==
 
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*[[Greece Interstate 5]]/[[E55]], SE, S, Cen., N
 
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*[[Greece Interstate 38]], Cen., NE
 
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*[[Greece Interstate 42]], N, NW
 
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*[[Greece Interstate 48]]/[[E65]], SE
 
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*Road linking Agios Nikolaos, Astakos and Aitoliko, NW, W, SW, S
 
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==Communications==
 
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===[[List of radio stations in Greece|Radio]]===
 
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*[[Agrinio 93.7 FM]]
 
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===[[List of Greek language television channels|Television]]===
 
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*[[Lychnos]], UHF channel 32 (religious), broadcasting from Nafpaktos
 
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*[[Nafpaktos TV]] - Nafpaktos
 
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===[[List of Greek language newspapers|Newspapers]]===
 
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*''[[Akarnania (newspaper)|Akarnania]]''
 
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*''[[En Bampini]]'' - [[Bampini]]
 
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*''[[Vela (newspaper)|Vela]]''
 
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==Provinces==
 
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*[[Province of Messolonghi]] - Mesolonghi
 
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*[[Province of Nafpaktia]] - Nafpaktos
 
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*[[Province of Trichonida]] - Agrinio
 
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*Province of [[Vonitsa and Xirokampi]] - Vonitsa
 
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==Municipalities==
 
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
 
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! Municipality !! YPES code !! Seat <!--!! Postal code !! Area code -->
 
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|Agrinio||0202||[[Agrinio]]
 
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|Aitoliko||0203||[[Aitoliko]]
 
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|[[Alyzia]] ||0204|| [[Kandyla]]
 
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|Amfilochia||0205||[[Amfilochia]]
 
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|[[Anaktorio]] ||0206|| [[Vonitsa]]
 
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|Angelokastro||0201||[[Angelokastro]]
 
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|Antirrio||0207||[[Antirrio]]
 
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|[[Apodotia]] ||0208|| [[Ano Chora]]
 
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|[[Arakynthos]] ||0209|| [[Mataragka]]
 
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|Astakos||0210||[[Astakos]]
 
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|Chalkeia||0229||[[Chalkeia]]
 
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|Fyteies||0228||[[Fyteies]]
 
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|Iera Poli Mesolongiou ||0218|| [[Messolonghi]]
 
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|[[Inachos]] ||0213|| [[Empessos]]
 
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|[[Kekropia]] ||0214|| [[Paleros]]
 
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|[[Makryneia]] ||0215|| [[Gavalou]]
 
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|[[Medeon]] ||0216|| [[Katouna]]
 
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|Menidi||0217||[[Menidi, Aetolia|Menidi]]
 
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|Nafpaktos||0219||[[Nafpaktos]]
 
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|[[Neapoli]] ||0220|| [[Trianteika]]
 
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|[[Oiniades]] ||0221|| [[Neochori]]
 
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|[[Panaitoliko]] ||0222||[[Skoutera]]
 
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|[[Parakampylia]] ||0224|| [[Agios Vlasios]]
 
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|Paravola||0223||[[Paravola]]
 
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|Platanos||0225||[[Platanos (Acarnania), Greece|Platanos]]
 
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|[[Pyllini]] ||0226|| [[Simos]]
 
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|Stratos||0227||[[Stratos, Greece|Stratos]]
 
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|Thermo||0211||[[Thermo, Greece|Thermo]]
 
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|[[Thestieis]]||0212||[[Kainourgio]]
 
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|}
 
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See also: [[List of settlements in the Aitoloakarnania prefecture]]
 
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==Persons==
 
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*[[Spiridon Trikoupis]] Greek Prime Minister
 
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*[[Archbishop Damaskinos]] caretaker Prime Minister of Greece after World War II
 
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*[[Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas]] Greek Prime Minister, author and poet.
 
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*[[St. Kosmas Aitolos]] born in Mega Dendron of Aitolia
 
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*[[Giovas Vlachiotis]], a person where he fought on the Greek side during the Greek [[War of Independence]], he did not make it, his son Michail continued to fight against the Turks.
 
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==Sporting teams==
 
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*[[Panaitolikos FC]] - Agrinio, third division
 
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==External links==
 
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*[http://www.culture.gr/maps/sterea/aitakarn/aitakarn.html culture.gr on Aetoloacarnania]
 
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*[http://www.structurae.net/en/geo/geoid/11052/index.cfm Structurae on Aetoloacarnania]
 
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[[Category:Prefectures of Greece]]
 

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