Home > Pyrgos (Elia), Greece
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| Prefecture: | Ilia
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| Province : | Province of Ilia
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| Location: | 37.6883/37°40'1' N lat.
21.441/
21°26'28' W long.
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| Population: | 34,902(2001
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| Elevation: | 3 to 4 m
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| Postal code: | 271 00
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| Area/distance code : | 11-30- 26210 -3 (030-26210-3)
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| Municipal code : | 1717
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| Car designation: | HA
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| Address of administration: | Saki Karagiorga, Central Square
Pyrgos 271 00
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Pyrgos City (Greek: Πύργος) is the capital of the Prefecture of Elia in Greece and its located in the western part of the Pelopennese . Distance to its cities are 96 km (100 km before the opening of the new GR-9) from Patras, 320 km from Athens, 144 km west of Tripoli and 12 km east of th etown of Katakolo. Pyrgos population is about 25,000 people and its near Olympia the place which the first Olympics tok place. The city is named for a local tower. Pyrgos has one of the biggest squares in Greece with loads of coffee shops, bars, restaurants, supermarkets, hospital, hotels, and a large orthodox church. Traffic lights are now installed downtown. It is bypassed by GR-9/E-55 or GR-74 (eastbound) to its east. The city sits in the middle of a plain in Triphyllis . It is situated about 4 km north of the Alpheus River. Its nearest communities are Agios Georgios to the north and Lampeti (Lambeti) to the east.
Its television stations are Cosmos and ORTORT may refer to: World ORT, a Jewish education charity; Pervyi Kanal, a Russian TV channel, which was called ORT (an abbreviation for Obshchestvyennoye Rossiskoye Televidyeniye from mid-1990s until 2001; Olympiaki Radiophonio Teleorassi a Greek TV channe (Olympiaki Radiophonio Teleorassi, lit. Olympic Broadcasting Television). Its daily for the city is Patris .
1 Population history:
| Year | Communal population | Change | Municipal population | Change
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| 1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D | 21,958 | - | - | -
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| 19911991 like 2002, is a palindromic year. It also has the same calendar as 2002, including Easter on March 31. It is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 2 Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first blac | 28,465 | 6,507/29.63% | 39,183 | -
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| 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap | 23,791 | -4674/-16.42% | 32,090 | -7,093/-18.1%
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2 Communities of the Municipality
- Pyrgos
- Agios Georgios, Pyrgos
- Agios Ioannis
- Granitseika
- Katakolo
- Koliri
- Korakochori
- Lampeti
- Lasteika
- Leventochori
- Myrtea
- Palaiovarvasena
- Salmoni
- Skourochori
- Varvasaina
- Vytineika
3 Subdivisions:
- Anthopyrgos
- Kavasilakia
- Syntriada
- Tragano
4 External Links
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| North: Iardanos |
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West: Ionian SeaThe Ionian Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. It is bounded by southern Italy, including Calabria and Sicily, to the west, by southwestern Albania and a large number of Greek islands, including Corfu, Zante, Kephalonia, Ith
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East: Ancient OlympiaOlympia ( Greek: Olympi'a or Olympia older transliterations, Olimpia Olimbia , a city of ancient Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times, comparable in importance to the Pythian Games held in Delphi. Both |
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| South: Volakas |
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