[[{| class="wikitable" |- Link title |}]]For a village in the Karditsa prefecture, see Sarantaporo, Karditsa, for a river in the Ioannina Prefecture, see Sarantaporos Karditsa is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos, Greek: νομοί, νομός)): See also List of the prefectures of Greece by area List of the prefectures of Greece by population density List of the prefectures of Greece by population External... Ioannina (Greek: Ιωάννινα) is a prefecture of Greece, part of the north-western periphery of Epirus. ...

Sarantaporo (Greek: Σαραντάπορο) is a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture, Greece right next to the Kozani prefecture in West Macedonia bounded a few kilometres to the northwest. Population 3,588 (2001). The town is near the mountain ranges of Kamvounio to the northwest and the Pieria mountains to the northeast. Sarantaporo is next to the GR-3 (Larissa - Kozani - Niki) and will be linked with a superhighway numbered 3 (A3) with an unscheduled opening date probably with the GR-13 (Elassona - Katerini). Sarantaporo is located west-southwest of Katerini, northwest of Elassona, Tyrnavos and Larissa, east of Grevena and south-southeast of Kozani. The 40th parallel north is about 5 km south of Sarantaporo. Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos, Greek: νομοί, νομός)): See also List of the prefectures of Greece by area List of the prefectures of Greece by population density List of the prefectures of Greece by population External... Larissa (Greek: Λάρισα, Lárisa) is a prefecture of Greece, in the periphery of Thessaly. ... Here are a lists of the provinces (Greek: επαρχεία, eparcheia fr. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ... The Greek car license plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (f. ... Larissa (Greek: Λάρισα, Lárisa) is a prefecture of Greece, in the periphery of Thessaly. ... Kozani (Greek: Κοζάνη) is one of the prefectures of Greece. ... West Macedonia is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece, consisting of the western part of Greek Macedonia. ... Greece National Road 3 is a highway that is the old national road from Eleusis to Larissa, and near Tyrnavos to Elassonas and the new national road up to the border with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia near Niki and links with the M3. ... Níki (Greek alphabet: Νίκη) is a village situated in northern Greece along the border with Macedonia. ... Greece National Road 13 links Katerini with national road 3 Mikro Eleftherohori (8km northern of Elassona). ... Elassona or Elasona (Greek: Ελασσώνα, Turkish: ), older form: Elassonas is a town and a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture in Greece. ... Katerini (Greek: Κατερίνη) is a town in Northern Greece, the capital of Pieria prefecture. ... Katerini (Greek: Κατερίνη) is a town in Northern Greece, the capital of Pieria prefecture. ... Elassona or Elasona (Greek: Ελασσώνα, Turkish: ), older form: Elassonas is a town and a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture in Greece. ... Tyrnavos (Τύρναβος) is a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture, Greece. ... Larissa (Greek: Λάρισα, Lárisa) is the capital city of the Thessaly periphery of Greece, and capital of the Larissa Prefecture. ... Grevena (Greek: Γρεβενά) is a town and municipality in Greece, capital of the Grevena Prefecture. ... Kozani (Greek: ), is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani Prefecture and of West Macedonia periphery. ...

Municipal districts

• Azoros (Vouvala)
• Gerania
• Giannota
• Lykoudi
  • Sykia
• Milia
• Sarantaporo
• Tsapournia
  • Farmaki

Mount Geraneia or Gerania (Greek: Γεράνεια), rarely Yerania is a mountain range that spans about 5 km from north to south (about 5 km N of Agioi Theodoroi to the Gulf of Corinth) and from east to west from 15 to 20 km. ...

Population

Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Geography

The municipality are made up of mountains covering the area with forests as well as grasslands. Farmlands dominate the valley area and around the village especially the western and the central parts.

Information

Unlike the rest of Thessaly, Sarantaporo did not join Greece until the Balkan Wars where the town was liberated from the Ottoman Turkish yoke which dominated for over 550 years on October 1912 during the Battle of Sarantaporo which saw Greek victory in the First Balkan Wars. Sarantaporo finally became a part of Greece in 1913 which finished the oppresive Turkish rule. The Sarantaporo Gorge was the strategic location for the battle. The village's name during the Ottoman rule was Glikovon (Γκλίκοβον). Sarantaporo became a municipality in 1994 become one of the first Capodistrian municipalities ever created. The area features archaeological findings dating back to the pre-Classical years up to the Ottoman rule. Map showing Thessaly periphery in Greece Thessaly (Θεσσαλια; modern Greek Thessalía; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is one of the 13 peripheries of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 prefectures. ... Combatants  Ottoman Empire Balkan League: Bulgaria Greece Serbia Montenegro Commanders Ottoman Empire: Nizam PaÅŸa, Zeki PaÅŸa, Esat PaÅŸa, Abdullah PaÅŸa, Ali Rıza PaÅŸa Bulgaria: Vladimir Vazov, Vasil Kutinchev, Nikola Ivanov, Radko Dimitriev Greece:Crown Prince Constantine, Panagiotis Danglis, Pavlos Kountouriotis Serbia:Radomir Putnik, Petar... Ottoman redirects here. ... The battle of Sarantaporo took place on the 9th of October 1912. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Parthenon This article is on the term Classical Greece itself. ...

Other

Sarantaporo has a schools, the only lyceum (middle school) and gymnasium (high school), banks, churches, a post office, a police station, a pharmacy and a square (plateia). Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...

References

• The first version of the article is translated from the article at the Greek Wikipedia (Main page)

External links

• Sarantaporo (municipality) on GTP Travel Pages
• Sarantaporo (village) on GTP Travel Pages
• Sarantaporo's Homepage
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• Coordinates: 40°3′51″N, 22°2′54″E