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'''Acarnania''' was a region of [[Ancient history|ancient]] central western [[Greece]] that lay along the [[Ionian Sea]], west of [[Aetolia]], with the [[Achelous|Achelous River]] for a boundary, and north of the gulf of [[Calydon]], which is the entrance to the [[Gulf of Corinth]]. The capital and principal city was [[Stratos]].

Acarnania's foundation was ascribed to [[Acarnan]], son of [[Alcmaeon]]; its population was addicted to piracy.

When the [[Byzantine Empire]] broke up during the Crusades ([[1204]]), Acarnania passed to the Despotate of [[Epirus]] and in 1480 to the Ottoman Turks.
Since 1832 it has been part of Greece (the western half of the [[Aitoloakarnania prefecture]]).

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Irlandos at 10:55, March 9, 2006