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'''Delvinaki''' ({{langx|el|Δελβινάκι}}) is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Pogoni, of which it is a municipal unit.<ref name=Kallikratis>{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=Government Gazette}}</ref> The municipal unit has an area of 255.8&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, the community 54.8&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web |url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-21 }}</ref> In 2021 its population was 538 for the village and 1,609 for the municipal unit. Delvinaki is part of the traditional area of Pogoni.

Delvinaki lies along the EO22 road, currently part of European route E853, which links Kalpaki with the Albanian border. The border crossing Kakavia is west of town.

==Subdivisions== The municipal unit of Delvinaki is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Agia Marina *Argyrochori *Charavgi *'''Delvinaki''' *Farangi (formerly Gouveri)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/168906|title=Πανδέκτης: Gkouvéri -- Farángion|access-date=2019-10-03}} ''Pandektis: Name Changes of Settlements in Greece'', compiled by the [http://www.eie.gr/nhrf/institutes/inr/index-en.html Institute for Neohellenic Research] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505072944/http://www.eie.gr/nhrf/institutes/inr/index-en.html |date=2016-05-05 }}</ref> *Kastani *Kerasovo *Kryoneri *Ktismata (Ktismata, Neochori) *Limni *Mavropoulo (Mavropoulo, Zavrocho, Chrysodouli) *Oreino Xirovaltou (Oreino, Xirovaltos) *Peristeri *Pontikates *Stratinista *Teriachi (Teriachi, Stavrodromi) *Vissani

==Population== {| class=wikitable ! Year !! Village population !! Municipal unit population |- | 1981 || 884 || - |- | 1991 || 922 || - |- | 2001 || 751 || 2,933 |- | 2011 || 772 || 2,540 |- | 2021 || 538 || 1,609 |}

==Etymology== According to linguist Konstantinos Oikonomou, Delvinaki is a Greek formation and derives from the toponym ''Delvino'', with the Greek diminutive suffix {{nbh}}''aki'' added to it; probably in order to differentiate it from the neighboring settlement of Delvinë. Furthermore, Oikonomou and Phaedon Malingoudis presented ''Delvino'' as deriving from the Slavic noun ''dьlva'' (Proto-Slavic *''dьly'') 'cauldron, pot', which is used in toponyms to denote a 'valley' or 'basin', and the Slavic suffix {{nbh}}''ьnъ''; the ь of the first syllable, denoting /ĭ/, was rendered as /e/ in Greek. Compare to the toponym Δηλίβινον, first attested in 996 northeast of Polygyros (Chalkidiki) in Greece, Delvino in southern Albania, as well as Delvino (Blagoevgrad Province) and Delvino (Kardzhali Province) in Bulgaria.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Oikonomou |first=Konstantinos |url=https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/25635 |title=Τα οικωνύμια του νομού Ιωαννίνων: γλωσσολογική εξέταση |date=2002 |publisher=Νομαρχιακή Αυτοδιοίκηση Ιωαννίνων |isbn=978-960-8316-01-0 |page=94 |language=el |doi=10.26268/heal.uoi.4968}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Malingoudis |first=Phaedon |date=1986 |editor-last=Vavřínek |editor-first=Vladimír |editor2-last=Bláhová |editor2-first=E. |editor3-last=Češka |editor3-first=J. |editor4-last=Dostálová |editor4-first=R. |editor5-last=Havlík |editor5-first=L. |editor6-last=Havlíková |editor6-first=L. |editor7-last=Hrochová |editor7-first=V. |editor8-last=Kučera |editor8-first=M. |editor9-last=Richter |editor9-first=M. |title=J. Lefort, Villages de Macédoine. Notices historiques et topographiques sur la Macédoine orientale au Moyen Age. 1: La Chalcidique Occidentale |journal=Byzantinoslavica |language=de |location=Prague |publisher=Institute of Slavonic Studies |volume=47 |issue=1 |page=71 |issn=0007-7712 |editor10-last=Veselá |editor10-first=Zdenka}}</ref><ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Karagianni |first=Theodora |date=2012 |title=Πλυθησμιακές μετακινήσεις στο νομό Ιωαννίνων (20ός αιώνας) |url=https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/25722 |type=MSc |chapter=Πληθυσμιακές μετακινήσεις στην επαρχία Πωγωνίου |page=54 [58] |publisher=University of Ioannina |language=el}}</ref>

According to historians Konstantinos Vakalopoulos and Nikos Yfantis, ''Delvinaki'' derives from Albanian and means 'place of vineyards'.<ref name="Vakalopoulos322"/><ref name="Ifantis45"/>

==History== From the 14th century to the beginning of Ottoman rule, Delvinaki was among the thriving settlements of the region together with nearby Dipalitsa, Kastaniani and Polytsiani.<ref>Vakolopoulos, 2003, p. "Ορισμένα χωριά της Πωγωνιανής γνώρισαν κατά το 14ο κυρίως αιώνα και στις αρχές της Τουρκοκρατίας μεγάλη οικονομική ανάπτυξη. Τότε συγκροτούσαν αξιόλογες κωμοπόλεις και πόλεις με ιδιαίτερη εμπορική σημασία. Εκτός από την περίφημη εμποροπανήγυρη της Διπαλίτσας πραγματοποιούνταν κάθε εβδομάδα εμποροπανηγύρεις και στα γύρω αστικά κέντρα: στην Πολίτσιανη, στην Καστάνιανη και στο Δελβινάκι."</ref> During the first decades of the 14th century, Albanians settled in the Pogoni region; their presence is evidenced through some place names, such as ''Gouveri'' (from ''gouva'' 'small pit') and ''Roumpates''.<ref name="Vakalopoulos322"/><ref name="Ifantis45">{{cite book|last=Ifantis|first=Nikos Th.|title=Η Πωγωνιανή - Παλιά Βοστίνα και τα Κοινοτικά Διαμερίσματα Δολό-Δρυμάδες-Σταυροσκιάδι|year=2005|publisher=Διευρυμένη Κοινότητα Πωγωνιανής|pages=45}} "όπως και από αλβανικές ονομασίες χωριών: Ρομπάτες (= ρόμπα, ένδυμα), Δελβινακίων (= αμπελότοπος), Γούβερη (Γούβα - Κοίλωμα) κ.λ.π."</ref> The town was an important commercial centre during the Ottoman period.<ref name=musicepirus>{{cite book |title=Μουσική από την Ήπειρο |publisher=Institution of the Hellenic Parliament |isbn=978-960-6757-07-5 |page=47 |url=https://docplayer.gr/1541217-Moysiki-apo-tin-ipeiro-moysiki-apo-tin-ipeiro.html}}</ref> The church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Delvinaki was erected in 1619.<ref name=prefecture>{{cite web|title=Prefecture of Ioannina, Epirus-Greece |year=2008 |url=https://www.conferre.gr/congress/live2016/files/ai_brochure2.pdf |access-date=2009-11-02 |website=Prefectural Committee of Tourist Promotion|page=29}}</ref> In the late 17th century, Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi passed through Delvinaki observing that it was a "prosperous" town on the border of the district of Pogoni, "inhabited by infidels all Albanians"; it contained 400 houses, 6000 fertile vineyards, 40-50 shops, 10 churches and 3 inns.<ref name="DankoffElsie91"/><ref name="Kokolakis48">{{cite book|last=Kokolakis|first=Mihalis|title=Το ύστερο Γιαννιώτικο Πασαλίκι: χώρος, διοίκηση και πληθυσμός στην τουρκοκρατούμενη Ηπειρο (1820–1913) &#91;The late Pashalik of Ioannina: Space, administration and population in Ottoman ruled Epirus (1820–1913)&#93;|year=2003|location=Athens|publisher=EIE-ΚΝΕ|url=http://helios-eie.ekt.gr/EIE/handle/10442/8080|isbn=960-7916-11-5|page=48.}} "Το 1670 στο Δελβινάκι του Πωγωνιού, κατά τον Εβλιγιά Τσελεμπή (1928, σ. 682), «όλοι οι άπιστοι είναι Αρβανίτες»."</ref> Çelebi also noted that Delvinaki was a ''hass'' (revenue estate) of an Ottoman admiral and administered by a ''voivode'' with the settlement being "exempt from taxation and state interference."<ref name="DankoffElsie91">{{cite book|last1=Dankoff|author1-link=Robert Dankoff|first1=Robert|last2=Elsie|first2=Robert|title=Evliya Çelebi in Albania and Adjacent Regions: Kossovo, Montenegro, Ohrid|year=2000|publisher=Brill|isbn=9789004116245|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZOfbwAACAAJ&dq=Evliya+%C3%87elebi+in+Albania+and+Adjacent+Regions:+Kosovo,+Montenegro,+Ohrid|pages=91}} "We returned by another road, passing through prosperous villages. After 4 hours of travelling westwards, we arrived at Delvinaki. It is a prosperous town on the border of the district of Pogonia and consists of 400 houses inhabited by infidels all Albanians and 6000 fertile vineyards. It has 40 to 50 shops, 10 churches and 3 hans. This town is a has belonging to the admiral of the Ottoman fleet and administered by a voyvoda. It is exempt from taxation and state interference."</ref> Those Albanian villagers who settled in the southern part of Pogoni were gradually assimilated by the Greek element.<ref name="Vakalopoulos322">{{cite book|last=Vakalopoulos|first=Kōnstantinos Apostolou|title=Historia tēs Ēpeirou: apo tis arches tēs Othōmanokratias hōs tis meres mas|year=2003|publisher=Hērodotos|isbn=9607290976|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6s05AAAAMAAJ&q=%CE%94%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B9+%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BB%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82&dq=%CE%94%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B9+%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BB%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82|pages=322}}"Κατά τις πρώτες δεκαετίες του 14ου αιώνα τοποθετείται χρονικά η αλβανική διείσδυση στο χώρο της Πωγωνιανής, που μαρτυρείται και από ορισμένα τοπωνύμια όπως το Δελβινάκι (αμπελότοπος), το Γκουβέρι (γκούβα = κοίλωμα), αλλά και από τις μετακινήσείς αλβανικόν οικογενειών, οι οποίες εξισλαμήστικαν λόγω των σινθηκών που επικρατούσαν. Όσοι αλβανικοί πλιθυσμοί είηαν εγκατασταθεί στο νότιο τμήμα του Πωγωνίου, αφομοιώθηκαν βαθμιαία από το ελληνικό στοιχείο και εξελληνίστικαν. Όλες οι κοινότητες...."</ref> British traveler John Hobhouse noted in early 19th century that Delvinaki consisted of 300 dwellings inhabited by Greeks.<ref>Vakolopoulos, 2003, p. 323: "Ο Hobhouse αναφέρει ότι στο Δελβινάκι υπήρχαν 300 ελληνικά σπίτια"</ref>

Delvinaki joined Greece after the Balkan Wars of 1913.

==Culture== Delvinaki is home to Greek polyphonic singing and has a reach music tradition in the wider Pogoni region. It is one of the two main centres of folk music of Pogoni, the other being Parakalamos.<ref name=musicepirus/> An annual festival of polyphonic singing is held in August.<ref name=prefecture/>

==Notable people== *Petroloukas Chalkias, musician. *Hatzimichalis Dalianis, hero of the Greek War of Independence. *Evangelos Psimmas, (1905–1962), bishop of Ermoupoli. *Konstantinos Iroklis Vasiadis, (1821–1890), scholar.

==See also== *List of settlements in the Ioannina regional unit

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Geographic location |Centre = Delvinaki |North = Pogoniani |Northeast = Ano Pogoni |East = Kalpaki |Southeast = Ano Kalamas |South = Filiates and Lavdani |Southwest = Dropull i Sipërm (Albania) |West = Dropull i Poshtëm (Albania) |Northwest = Pogon (Albania) }}

{{Delvinaki}}

Category:Populated places in Ioannina (regional unit) Category:Pogoni