Mouzaki () is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of the Karditsa regional unit,

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. Mouzaki is located on the southwestern edge of the

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, where the river Pamisos descends from the

Agrafa Agrafa (, ) is a mountainous region in Evrytania and Karditsa regional units in mainland Greece, consisting mainly of small villages. It is the southernmost part of the Pindus range. There is also a municipality with the same name, the Munic ...

mountains. It is 17 km southwest of

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and 24 km northwest of

Karditsa Karditsa ( ) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa regional unit of the region of Thessaly. Climate Karditsa has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: '' ...

. The Greek National Road 30 ( Arta - Trikala - Karditsa - Volos) passes north of the town. In 2020, Mouzaki was heavily affected by the medicane known as Cyclone Ianos. The town was flooded for several days.

Municipality

The municipality Mouzaki was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units: * Ithomi *Mouzaki * Pamisos The municipality has an area of 313.866 km², the municipal unit 179.521 km².

Subdivisions

The municipal unit of Mouzaki is divided into the following communities (constituent settlements in brackets): * Amygdali * Anthochori (Anthochori, Anoixiatiko, Platanakos) * Drakotrypa (Drakotrypa, Arpakia, Keramargio, Milies, Spathes, Trygona, Tsarouchi) * Ellinokastro (Ellinokastro, Gravia, Petrota) * Gelanthi * Kryopigi (Kryopigi, Lakkes, Xirokampos) * Lazarina * Magoulitsa * Mavrommati (Mavrommati, Georgios Karaiskakis) *Mouzaki *

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(Oxya, Vagenia, Dafni, Zamanatiko, Koura, Megali Vrysi, Mesorrachi, Palaiampela, Palaiochori, Platania, Soula, Sykia) * Pefkofyto (Pefkofyto, Nisia, Padi, Charavgi) * Porti (Porti, Martini, Meligos, Palaiokastro) * Vatsounia

Population

Sport

Not far from the town is one of the most popular climbing sites and venuvenues in Greece, the Mouzaki crag. the crag creates a natural balcony overlooking the

Pamisos river The Pamisos (, ) is the largest river of the Messenia regional unit of the southern Peloponnese in Greece. It is long, and its drainage area is . Its source is on the western slopes of the Taygetus mountains,Municipalities of Thessaly Populated places in Karditsa (regional unit)