Chinka

Chinka (Χίνκα) is a village in the Ioannina Prefecture in Greece and the municipality of Molossoi, it is in the area of Douskara. Its 2001 population was 147 for the village of which only 80 people live there all year long. The GR-6 (Volos - Larissa - Ioannina - Igoumenitsa), the old road runs to the north and the Via Egnatia, the new highway runs to the south without any interchange, the old road is approximately 5 km south.

Nearest places

 * Zorgiani, south
 * Laliza, southwest
 * Agios Christoforos, NNW

Location
Chinka is located 39 km SSW of Ioannina, northwest of Arta, north of Preveza and east of Igoumenitsa.

Geography and information
Much of the area around Chinka are mountainous and forested the Tyria flows 2 km to the west, the Kourento mountains are 3 km to the east. Its main industry are agriculture.

History
After World War II and the Greek Civil War, its buildings were rebuilt. Emigration occurred at a higher rate until 1981 through to 1991, the population has been declining slowly but lost by half between 1991 and 2001. Chinka became connected with asphalt in the 1970s. more pavement was available in recent years. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid-20th century, television in the late-20th century and computer and internet at the turn of the millennium. In the late-1990s, the ex-community (now a municipal district) joined to become the newly formed municipality of Molossoi.