Ano Pogoni () 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. The municipal unit has an area of 137.084 km2. The seat of the municipality was in Kefalovryso.
Subdivisions The municipal unit Ano Pogoni is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): Agios Kosmas Kakolakkos Kato Meropi Kefalovryso Meropi (formerly Roumpates) Pandektis: Name Changes of Settlements in Greece, compiled by the Institute for Neohellenic Research Oraiokastro Palaiopyrgos Roupsia Vasiliko
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Names The name Ano Pogoni means "Upper Pogoni". Some Albanian toponyms exist for names of villages in the Pogoni area such as Roumpates meaning robe or garment. "όπως και από αλβανικές ονομασίες χωριών: Ρομπάτες (= ρόμπα, ένδυμα), Δελβινακίων (= αμπελότοπος), Γούβερη (Γούβα - Κοίλωμα) κ.λ.π."
History During the Balkan Wars (autumn 1912) a number of villages in the area were affected by raids of Muslim bands. At the end of the Balkan Wars most of the Pogoni area became part Greece, while six villages (Lower Pogoni) were ceded to the newly established Principality of Albania.
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