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Vytina (Βυτίνα)
Coordinates	37°40′ N 22°11′ E
Country	Greece
Periphery	Peloponnese
Prefecture	Arcadia
Population	2,012 (2001)
Elevation	1,036 m
Postal code	220 10
Area code	27950

Vytina (Greek: Βυτίνα), is a village and a municipality located in northwestern Arcadia, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name. The village was connected, now bypassed by GR-74 in the east and is SW of GR-33 which connects to Achaea. It is located E of Pyrgos, approx. 145 km SE of Patras, NE of Megalopoli and Dimitsaina and approx. 25 km NW of Levidi and 5 km SW Tripoli. The plain is E of Vytina. Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... Image File history File links RedDot. ... Image File history File links Prefectures_Greece_grey. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... The peripheries (περιφέρειες) are the subnational divisions of Greece. ... The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus (Greek: Πελοπόννησος Peloponnesos; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a large peninsula in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth. ... 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... Arcadia or Arkadía (Greek Αρκαδία; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ... This is an alphabetical list by town of dialing codes in Greece. ... Arcadia or Arkadía (Greek Αρκαδία; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. ... Greece Interstate 74 is a highway linking Pyrgos, Olympia, Tripoli and GR-7/E65. ... Greece Interstate 33 is a highway that runs from Patras, originally at Dimitris Gounaris Street, now begins at the beltway, and had a branch ending at Olympia, and ends near Vytina, and Levídi, and some think it still ends at Ellinikon near Andritsaina and Megalopolis. ... Achaea (Greek: , Achaïa; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is an ancient province and a present prefecture of Greece, on the northern coast of the Peloponnese, stretching from the mountain ranges of Erymanthus and Cyllene on the south to a narrow strip of fertile land on the... ... Coordinates 38°15′ N 21°44′ E Country Greece Periphery West Greece Prefecture Achaea Province Greece Population 161,114 (2001 [1]) Area 125. ... Ancient Megalopolis, or now Megalópoli (Μεγαλοπολη) is a town in the western part of the prefecture of Arcadia. ... Levidi, Arcaidia, Greece is a small town located on the Peloponese about 25km north of Tripolis. ... Tripoli (Greek, Modern: Τρίπολη, Ancient/Katharevousa: -s; see also List of traditional Greek place names), 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 village has a school, a church, a post office, and a square (plateia). The village is located on the slopes of the mountain ranges which includes Mainalo. Another mountain range is founded in the west and another to the north along with the valley. Pine trees surround the eastern and the southern part of the village while much of the municipality are forested. Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ... The Mainalo or Menalo (Greek, Modern: Μαίναλο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), older forms: Mainalon, Mainalos, Menalon, Menalos, rarely Menalus or Mainalos, Latin forms: Maenalos and Maenalus, rarely Maenalon is a mountain range that spans about 15 to 20 from north to south (southwest of Tripoli to NE of Vytina) and from east...

Until the 1960s, the village did not have electricity and until the 1980s, most of the houses were stone-built. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ...

The area produces marble, a variation called the Black of Vytina.

Population history

• 1981: 876
• 1991: 824 (village), 1,993 (municipality)

1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• GTP - Vytina municipality
• Vytina village
• Black of Vytina
• [http:/www.marbleguide.gr/samples/ Black of Vytina - Marbleguide]
• The Pre-Games training guide
• Vytina guide
• traveljournals.net - Vytina

Here are place names that have the name Lagkadia, older transliterations: Langadia, Langadhia, Lagadia in Greece: Lagkadia, a village in northwestern Arcadia. ... Levidi, Arcaidia, Greece is a small town located on the Peloponese about 25km north of Tripolis. ... Dimitsana (Greek: Δημητσάνα) is a village and a municipality located in northwestern Arcadia. ...

See also

• Communities of Arcadia