Elis (Greek: Επαρχία Ηλείας Eparchia Ilias) is a province covering the northern half of the Elis Prefecture. The main places includesPyrgos, Amaliada, Gastouni, Lechaina, Vartholomio, Varda, Andravida, Myrsini, Lampeia and Kyllini. The mountains dominate the northeast, the central part and the southeastern part including the northwest where Chlemoutsi is located. The province is bounded with the prefecture of Achaia to the northeast, Arcadia to the east and the Olympia Province to the south. The Ionian Sea is to the west. Farmlands lie to around Pyrgos, the northeast and the northern part. The province is the westernmost in the Peloponnese. The central part of the province are covered with forests and grasslands along with groves. The province is home to about 80% of the entire prefectural population and about 2/3 of the prefectural land. The largest city and municipality in population is Pyrgos. Amaliada is followed second. Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos): External link Map Categories: Lists of subnational entities | Prefectures of Greece ... Elis (Modern Greek: Ηλεία - Ileía, also Ilia and Elia) is a prefecture in the Western Peloponnese and in Western portion of Greece. ... For other places that have the same name, click Pyrgos (disambiguation) Pyrgos (Greek: Πύργος) is the capital of the Prefecture of Ilia in Greece. ... Elis (Modern Greek: Ηλεία - Ileía, also Ilia and Elia) is a prefecture in the Western Peloponnese and in Western portion of Greece. ... For other places that have the same name, click Pyrgos (disambiguation) Pyrgos (Greek: Πύργος) is the capital of the Prefecture of Ilia in Greece. ... Amaliada (Greek: Modern: Αμαλιάδα, Ancient: Αμαλιάς, Amalias) or Amaliada City is a city in the western Peloponnese, in Greece. ... Gastouni (Greek: Γαστούνη, -ι) is a town and a municipality in northern Ilia, Greece. ... Lechainá (Λεχαινά), also Lechena or Lehena is a town in the Prefecture of Ilia, Greece that is 39 km N (old distance: 37 km) north of the nearby city of Pyrgos and regions of Messenia and Arcadia. ... Vartholomio (Greek: Βαρθολομιο, pre-1970s, -ιον, -ion) is a town and a municipality in northwestern Ilia in Greece. ... For other entries that is Varda, see the disambuigation page. ... Andrav da, (Ανδραβίδα) is a city in the Prefecture of Ilia in Greece that has a military base in the east side. ... Myrsíni (Μυρσίνη) is a town in the prefecture of Ilia in Greece, to the west of Lechaina but in the same municipality. ... Lampeia (Greek: Λαμπεία, Romanization before the 1990s, Lambia), rarely Lampia, is a Greek town and a muinicipality on the southern part of the Divri (Δίβρη) range and is also known as that name. ... This article is about the modern Greek district Achaea. ... Arcadia or Arkadía (Greek Αρκαδία) is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. ... The Ionian Sea. ... Greece and the Peloponnese The Peloponnese (Greek Πελοπόννησος Peloponnesos; Latinized as Peloponnesus) is a large peninsula in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth. ...

The mountains includes the Foloi, the Oinoi mountains and the southern portion of the Erymanthos mountains. The Chlemoutsi hills are located to the east. The main rivers includes the Pineios River (the longest), the Ladon river and the western part of the Alpheus river. The main reservoir in the provinces includes the Peneus reservoir. Foloi (Greek: Φολόη), older forms Foloe, older form and Latin: Pholoe is a village and a municipality in the eastern part of the prefecture of Ilia. ... The Pineiós (Greek: Πηνειός, also Pineus) is a river in Peloponnese, Greece. ... Ladon is the hundred-headed dragon that guarded the garden of the Hesperides in Greek mythology. ... In Greek mythology, Alpheus, or Alpheios (Greek: Αλφειός, meaning whitish) was a river and river-god, thus like most river-gods a son of Oceanus and Tethys. ...

Transportation

• GR-9/E55
• GR-74

Greece Interstate 9 is the second-longest national highway that runs into the Peloponnese. ... The European route E55 passes through the following cities: Helsingborg - Elsinore - Rostock - Berlin - Dresden - Teplice - Prague - Vienna - Ancona - Ioannina - Arta (bypasses) - Amphilochia - Agrinion - Messolonghi - Rhion * Antirrhion - Patras - Kourtesi - Marathia - Pyrgos - Epitalion - Zacharo - Kalo Nero - near Dorio - near Oichalia - Allagi - Thouria - Kalamáta From Helsingborg, the route continues northward through Sweden and... Greece Interstate 74 is a highway linking Pyrgos, Olympia, Tripoli and GR-7/E65. ...

Municipalities

• Amaliada (pop: 32,090 2001)
• Andravida
• Foloi? (pop: 4,870 2001)
• Gastouni
• Iardanos - Vounargo
• Kastro-Kyllinis - Kyllini
• Lampeia
• Lasiona - Panopoulo
• Lechaina (pop: 5,625 2001)
• Oleni - Karatoula
• Pineia - Simopoulo
• Pyrgos (pop: 34,902 2001)
• Tragano
• Vouprasia

Amaliada (Greek: Modern: Αμαλιάδα, Ancient: Αμαλιάς, Amalias) or Amaliada City is a city in the western Peloponnese, in Greece. ... Andrav da, (Ανδραβίδα) is a city in the Prefecture of Ilia in Greece that has a military base in the east side. ... Foloi (Greek: Φολόη), older forms Foloe, older form and Latin: Pholoe is a village and a municipality in the eastern part of the prefecture of Ilia. ... Gastouni (Greek: Γαστούνη, -ι) is a town and a municipality in northern Ilia, Greece. ... Vounargo (Greek, Modern: Βούναργο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), older form: Vonargon, is a town in the westcentral part of the prefecture of Ilia. ... Lampeia (Greek: Λαμπεία, Romanization before the 1990s, Lambia), rarely Lampia, is a Greek town and a muinicipality on the southern part of the Divri (Δίβρη) range and is also known as that name. ... Panopoulo (Greek, Modern: Πανόπουλο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -n fr. ... Lechainá (Λεχαινά), also Lechena or Lehena is a town in the Prefecture of Ilia, Greece that is 39 km N (old distance: 37 km) north of the nearby city of Pyrgos and regions of Messenia and Arcadia. ... There is another municipality of the same name in the prefecture of Achaia, see Loussika, the seat of Oleni. ... Simopoulo (Greek, Modern: Σιμόπουλον, Ancient/Katharevousa: Simopoulon) is a community located about 5 km west of GR-33 and south of the Peneus valley. ... For other places that have the same name, click Pyrgos (disambiguation) Pyrgos (Greek: Πύργος) is the capital of the Prefecture of Ilia in Greece. ... Tragano (Greek, Modern: Τραγανό, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on, not to be confused with trachana), older forms Traganon is a town and a municipality in the northern part of the prefecture of Ilia in the western Peloponnese. ... For other entries that is Varda, see the disambuigation page. ...

Persons

• Andreas Karkavitsas

See also

• Provinces of Greece

Here are a lists of the provinces (Greek: επαρχεία, eparcheia fr. ...