title: Athamania, Arta
text: # Athamania, Arta
  
  Athamania (Greek: Δήμος Αθαμανίας) is a former municipality in the Arta regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Central Tzoumerka, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 304.979 $km^2.$ Population: 3,786 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in Vourgareli.
  
  ## History
  
  It is named after the Athamanians, an ancient Greek tribe that inhabited south-eastern Epirus and west Thessaly.
  
  In 2011, during the local government reform, it merged with Agnanta, Melissourgoi, and Theodoriana to form the municipality of Central Tzoumerka.
  
  