Tripotamia (Greek: Τριποταμιά meaning three rivers fr. τρι tri- + ποτμια potamia, a plural form of river), pronunciation: Tripotamiá, tree-poh-tah-mee-AH/MYAH, is a village located in the municipality of Tropaia in the westernmost part of the prefecture of Arcadia in the west-central Peloponnese. It is passed with GR-74 with a narrow one-lane bridge over the Erymanthus river. It is located about 50 (old: 60) km E of Pyrgos, about 40 km E of Olympia, S of Lampeia, SSW of Kalavryta, W of Tripoli and Dimitsana, NW of Karytaina and Megalopoli and N of Andritsaina. The rivers of Ladon to the east, Alpheus to the south and the Erymanthus to the west are in that area in which the origin of the town's name comes from. At the Erymanthus river to the west and the Alpheus river is the boundary with the prefecture of Ilia. For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A river is a large natural waterway. ... Arcadia or Arkadía ( Greek Αρκαδία) is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. ... Peloponnesos (Greek: Πελοπόννησος, sometime Latinized as Peloponnesus or Anglicized as The Peloponnese) is a large peninsula in Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Isthmus of Corinth. ... Greece Interstate 74 is a highway linking Pyrgos, Olympia, Tripoli and GR-7/E65. ... For other places that have the same name, click Pyrgos (disambiguation) Pyrgos City (Greek: Πύργος) is the capital of the Prefecture of Ilia in Greece and its located in the western part of the Pelopennese. ... Olympia (Greek: Ολυμπία Olympía or Ολύμπια Olýmpia, 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. ... 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. ... Kalalvryta or Kalavrita (Greek: Καλάβρυτα) is a town, a province and a municipality in the eastcentral part of the prefecture of Achaia. ... Tripoli (Greek, Modern: Τρίπολη, Ancient/Katharevousa: -s), older form and Latin: Tripolis, rarely Tripolitsa, Tripolitza and Tripolizza is a city in the central part of the Peloponnesos, Greece, and the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the province of Mantineia which is the most populated province in Arcadia. ... Dimitsana (Greek: Δημητσάνα) is a village and a municipality located in northwestern Arcadia. ... Karitaina or Karitena ( Greek: Καρύταινα), rarely Carytaina or Carytena, primarily Karytaina or Karytena (Καρύταινα) until 1940 is a townlocated in the western part of the prefecture of Arcadia in the central Peloponnese. ... Andritsaina (Greek: Ανδρίτσαινα), also Andritsena is a community and a municipality located in the southeastern part of the prefecture of Ilia in the middle of a highway, officially and unofficially GR-76 between Krestena and Megalopoli. ... 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. ... Erymanthus was a mortal son of Apollo, who was blinded by the Goddess Aphrodite when he accidentally saw her bathing. ... Ilia may refer to: the Greek prefecture Ilia an alternative name of the mother of Romulus and Remus, see Rhea Silvia Ilia a character in Star Trek: The Motion Picture a town in Romania, county Hunedoara, see Ilia, Romania This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other...

Subdivisions

• Kapelitsa (Greek: Καπελίτσα) (pop: 96)
• Chania (Greek:Χανιά) (abandoned)

Nearest places

• Tropaia

Geography

• Location:
  • Longitude: 21.796 (21°47'38') E
  • Latitude: 37.607 (37°36'28') N
• Postal code: 220 08
• Elevation:
  • lowest: around 150 m
  • centre: 160 m
  • highest: about 400 to 500 m
• Dialing code: +11+30-27970 (030-27970)

Historical population

Tripotamia was one of the villages that lost most of the population and it was at 45%. 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Tripotamia has a small school a church and a square (plateia). Residential houses and within the valley. Much of the area are hilly and mountainous and are covered with forests with a few bushes. The farmlands with pastures and some groves are in the valley areas. Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...

External links

• http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/tripotamia.htm (in Greek)