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| Capital: | Ioannina |
| Periphery: | Epirus |
| Area: | ? km² |
| Inhabitants: | 100,000 |
| Pop. density: | ? inh./km² |
| ISO 3166-2: | GR-? |
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Ioannina (Greek: Ιωάννινα, often Γιάννενα Giannena, Yiannena or Γιάννινα Giannina, Yiannina ; Albanian: Janinė or Janina; Aromanian: Ianina, Bulgarian: Янина Janina) is a city in and capital of Epirus, Greece, with a population of approximately 100,000 and sitting at an elevation of 600 metres above sea level. It is capital of a prefecture with the same name. The city lies on the western side of lake Pamvotis (Greek: Παμβώτιδα).
The city has a General and a University Hospital; a University named University of Ioannina (5 km south of the city) with 16 departments and 13,000 students; as well as several departments of the Τechnological Educational Institute of Epirus, the headquarters of which are located in Arta.
NE in Perama is a cave.
Janina is mentioned in the book The Count of Monte Cristo.