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Tzoumerka () is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit,
Epirus Epirus () is a Region#Geographical regions, geographical and historical region, historical region in southeastern Europe, now shared between Greece and Albania. It lies between the Pindus Mountains and the Ionian Sea, stretching from the Bay ...
,
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
North Tzoumerka North Tzoumerka () is a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with ...
, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 71.10 km2. Population 717 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Chouliarades. During the
Axis occupation of Greece The occupation of Greece by the Axis Powers () began in April 1941 after Nazi Germany Battle of Greece, invaded the Kingdom of Greece in order to assist its ally, Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Italy, in their Greco-Italian War, ongoing war that w ...
(1941-1944) the main base of the
EDES The National Republican Greek League (, ''Ethnikós Dimokratikós Ellinikós Sýndesmos'' (EDES)) was a major anti-Nazi resistance group formed during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II. The largest of the non-communist resistanc ...
resistance organization was found in the Tzoumerka mountain.


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Populated places in Ioannina (regional unit) North Tzoumerka {{Epirus-geo-stub