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'''Kozani''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Κοζάνη) is one of the fifty-one [[prefecture]]s of [[Greece]]. It is in the western part of [[Macedonia]].  Its capital is the city of [[Kozani city|Kozani]].
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#REDIRECT[[Kozani Prefecture]]
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Kozani has been a prosperous area in the course of its history. Its merchants are once known to have dominated the commerce of the [[Balkans|Balkan peninsula]], expanding their trade activities to the north and along the Danube.
 
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Kozani nowadays is still among the most prosperous areas of the Greek province, but for a different reason, its rich mining industry. Kozani produces [[lignite]], which is the main source of the [[electricity|electric power]] produced in Greece, [[Nitrogen|nitrous salts]] which are processed into [[fertilizer]]s, and [[chromium]]. There was also an [[asbestos]] mine that remained operational until the mid-[[1990s]], which has now ceased its operation.
 
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In the prefecture of Kozani there is also the artificial lake and hydroelectric dam of [[Polyfytos]], which further contributes to the electricity production of Greece.
 
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The region's vast industrial advancement in a short period of time has raised [[environmentalist]] concerns.
 
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Kozani has three provinces.
 
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It is bounded by the prefectures of [[Kastoria Prefecture|Kastoria]] to the west and northwest, [[Florina prefecture|Florina]] to the north, [[Pella prefecture|Pella]] to the northeast, [[Imathia prefecture|Imathia]] and [[Pieria prefecture|Pieria]] to the east, [[Larisa prefecture|Larisa]] (part of [[Thessaly]]) to the southeast, and [[Grevena prefecture|Grevena]] to the south.
 
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==Transportation==
 
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*[[Greece Interstate 3]], SE, Cen., N
 
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*[[Greece Interstate 15]], SW, W
 
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*[[Greece Interstate 20]], SW, W, Cen.
 
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*[[Via Egnatia]]
 
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==Places==
 
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*[[Kozani city|Kozani]]
 
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*[[Ptolemaida]]
 
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*[[Siatista]]
 
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==Municipalities==
 
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! Municipality !! YPES code !! Seat !! Postal code !! Area code ((0)30-)
 
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| [[Agia Paraskevi (Kozani), Greece|Agia Paraskevi]] || 2901 || [[Agios Christoforos (Kozani), Greece|Agios Christoforos]] || 502 00 || 24630-51
 
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| Aiani || 2902 || [[Aiani]] (anc: [[Aiane]]) || 500 04 || 24610-98
 
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| [[Askio]] || 2903 || [[Kaloneri]] || 500 03 || 24650-71
 
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| [[Dimitrios Ypsilantis]] || 2907 || [[Mavrodendri]] || 502 00 || 24610-96
 
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| [[Elimeia]] || 2908 || [[Krokos]] || 500 10 || 24610-63
 
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| [[Ellispontos (Kozani), Greece|Ellispontos]] || 2909 || [[Koilada (Kozani), Greece|Koilada]] || 501 00 || 24610-90
 
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| [[Kamvounia]] || 2910 || [[Tranovalto]] || 505 00 || 24640-5
 
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| '''Kozani''' || 2911 || [[Kozani]] || 501 00 || 24610-2 through 7
 
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| [[Mouriki]] || 2913 || [[Emporio, Greece|Emporio]] || 500 05 || 24630-6
 
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| Neapoli || 2914 || [[Neapoli (Kozani), Greece|Neapoli]] || 500 01 || 24680-2
 
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| Ptolemaida || 2915 || [[Ptolemaida]] || 502 00 || 24630-27
 
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| Servia || 2917 || [[Servia, Greece|Servia]] || 505 00 || 24640-2
 
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| Siatista || 2918 || [[Siatista]] || 503 00 || 24650-2
 
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| Tsotyli || 2919 || [[Tsotyli]] || 500 02 ||  24680-31
 
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| Velventos || 2904 || [[Velventos]] || 504 00 || 24640-31
 
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| [[Vermio]] || 2905 || [[Komnina (Kozani), Greece|Komnina]] || 500 06 || 24630-31
 
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==Communities==
 
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! Commune !! YPES code !! Seat !! Postal code !! Area code ((0)30-)
 
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| Blasti || 2906 || [[Vlasti]] or [[Blasti]] || 500 09 || 24630-93
 
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| Livadero || 2912 || [[Livadero]] || 505 00 || 24640-41
 
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| Pentalofos || 2915 || [[Pentalofos (Kozani), Greece|Pentalofos]] || 500 07 || 24680-41
 
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| [[Krimini]] || || [[Krimini(Kozani), Greece|Krimini]] || 500 02 || 24680-63
 
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*See: [[List of communities of Kozani]]
 
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[[Category:Prefectures of Greece]]
 

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