History
The area around the modern Trikala regional unit was first with Thessaly, later moving to Macedonian rule, and subsequently run by the Romans, the Byzantines, the Slavs, the Vlachs and lastly the Ottomans. Trikala was known as "Tırhala" for Turks and a sanjak center in Ioannina eyalet. During their rule, the area was affected by the Greek War of Independence of 1821, lost an earlier struggle, and continued its Turkish rule until the liberation of Thessaly of 1881. Several villages were relocated to remain hidden from the Turks, and the area was finally incorporated into Greece after the liberation. The area was occupied by Ottomans during Greco-Turkish War (1897). It was created and included the Karditsa Prefecture until 1947 ; its economy and agriculture boomed but its standard of living was somewhat lower than that of Athens.
Electricity and radio arrived in the city in the 1930s. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, a number of structures were rebuilt ; the prefecture saw a small growth in the 1950s and the 1960s, but growth slowed due to emigration. The villages saw their roads paved, their homes furnished with electricity, and improved motor transport and communication added. Television arrived in the 1970s, and as late as the 1980s for the rural portion.
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