| Statistics | ||
|---|---|---|
| Capital: | Mesollongi | |
| Area: | 5,447 km² | |
| Pop. density: | inh./km² 2001 | |
| Name of inhabitants | Aitolo-Acarnanians | |
| Code for the municipalities | 02xx | |
| Number of municipalities | ||
| ISO 3166-2: | GR-01 | |
| Car designation | AI, Aetolia ME, Acarnania, Messolonghi | |
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Aitolia-Acarnania, (Greek: Αιτωλοακαρνανία) also Aetoloacarnania, rarely Aetolia and Acarnania or Aitoloakarnania is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. It is located in the western part of Greece. The prefecture is a combination of Aetolia and Acarnania. Its capital is Messolongi located in the south. The area is now connected with the Peloponnese peninsula with Rio-Antirio bridge. The surrounding prefectures are Arta in Epirus, a narrow length bordering Karditsa of Thessaly, Evrytania/Eurytania to the northeast and Phokida (Phokis) to the east.
Geography
Monuntains dominate the north, northeast, west and southeast especially the Acarnanian Mountains. The longest and main river is the Acheloos which ends as a delta in a wetlands in the southwest. The prefecture excludes islands lying in the west and belongs to the Kefallinia prefecture. There is one reservoir and a lake in the central part.
Towns and cities
- Agrinio
- Amfilochia
- Antirio
- Astakos
- Messolongi, sometimes Messolonghi (capital)
- Nafpaktos
- Vonitsa