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GreeceElis Prefecture
Νομός Ηλείας
Location of Elis Prefecture in Greece
Periphery West Greece
Capital Pyrgos
Population 198,763 (2005)Ranked 13th
Area 2,618 km² Ranked 22nd
Population density 75. The peripheries ( Περιφέρειες) are the official regional Administrative divisions of Greece. West Greece is one of the thirteen Peripheries of Greece. It is divided into the prefectures of Achaea, Aetolia-Acarnania and Elis Pyrgos (Πύργος is the capital of the Prefecture of Ilia in Greece. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology This is a list of the Prefectures of Greece, in order of descending population (in 2005 except otherwise stated Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. This is a list of the Prefectures of Greece, in order of descending area Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 9/km²Ranked 13th
Number of provinces 2
Number of municipalities 22
Postal codes 27x xx
Area codes 262x0
Licence plate code ΗΑ
ISO 3166-2 code GR-14
Website www.nailias.gr

Ilia (Modern Greek: Ηλεία - Ileía, also Elia) is a prefecture in the Western Peloponnese and in Western portion of Greece. This is a list of the Prefectures of Greece, in order of descending Population density according to the 2001 census "real" population figures and land areas The Provinces (eparchys according to Encarta Dictionary and Webster's Dictionary(επαρχία of Greece were sub-divisions of the country's The Greek Postal code system is is administered by ELTA (Ελληνικά Ταχυδρομεία Hellenic Post) This is a list of dialing codes in Greece. The first digit represents type of service Greek Vehicle registration plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (e ISO 3166-2GR is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Greece. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 3 super-prefectures and 54 prefectures or nomes The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus ( Greek: Πελοπόννησος Pelopónnisos; see also List of Greek place names) is a large Peninsula Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The prefecture is part of the periphery of West Greece. The peripheries ( Περιφέρειες) are the official regional Administrative divisions of Greece. West Greece is one of the thirteen Peripheries of Greece. It is divided into the prefectures of Achaea, Aetolia-Acarnania and Elis It covers the area of ancient Elis, and was formerly a department. Elis, or Eleia ( Greek, Modern Ήλιδα Ilida, Ancient Ēlis, Doric: Alis, Elean: Walis) is an ancient Its capital is Pyrgos. Pyrgos (Πύργος is the capital of the Prefecture of Ilia in Greece.

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Overview

About 50% to 60% of the population live in villages, towns and cities that lie in the northern portion of the prefecture. from the European highway from Lechaina and Myrsini down into the Alpheus River and Olympia. The international E-road network is a numbering system for Roads in Europe developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE. Lechainá (Λεχαινά also Lechena or Lehena is a town in the Prefecture of Ilia, Greece that is 39 km (previously 37 km north Nearest places Myrsini Beach west-northwest (settlement without office Lechaina east-northeast Strousi, south Neochori Alfeiós ( Greek: Αλφειός also romanized as Alpheus, Alpheios, Alfiós) is a river in Peloponnese, Greece. Olympia ( Greek: Olympí'a or Olýmpia, older transliterations Olimpia, Olimbia) a sanctuary of ancient Greece 25% live around the tiny metropolitan area of Pyrgos, with a population of approximately 25,000. Between 70% to 75% of the population live within fertile lands away from the mountains. The population is ranked third or fourth in the peninsula. Less than 1% is water, most of it found in artificial reservoirs and dams. Half a percent less before the construction began to wipe out about 2 km² of forest and around 10 km² of land as well. About 1/3 of the land is fertile. A range of 450 to 500 km² of land is barely flat. About 2/3 of the rest is mountainous and not suitable for crops. There are 7 dialing codes. This is a list of dialing codes in Greece. The first digit represents type of service They are Lechainá (2623), Amalias (2622), Pyrgos (2621), (Anc. ) Olympia (2624), Kréstena, Zácharo and Andrítsaina.

Ilia used to cover (not as a prefecture, department or a province) as far north as the western cape of Araxos before boundaries were changed, and Neo Vouprasía were part of Ilia. Its original boundary were what is now Móvri-Larissoú line in Achaea (Achaia). Lambeia belong to Arcadia in ancient times. And portions of modern Ilia belonged to ancient Arcadia. The prefecture excludes what is now New Vouprasía, Kalógria, and includes Lambeia and parts of former Arcadia. Its present day boundary is at Neda River, going a little East of Andrítsaina, Erymanthus River, Dívri, west of Scollis, and ends between Manoláda and Kalógria with green forests bordering Larissos River. The first version of this article has been based in the text of of the published under GFDL.

Swamplands used to cover about 1% to 1. 5 (one-and-a-half) percent of the region, especially in the Samiko area. Nearest places Kaiafa, southeast Raches, northwest Kato Samiko, west Population Draining of swamp waters expanded farming by about another 1% and subtracting swamplands only to the present-day deltas of the Peneus, Alpheus and Neda rivers. Only 10 km² left and they are protected by recreational services.

Some of its islands used to belong to the neighboring Septinsular Republic in the 1800s. Today it is a regional boundary of the Peloponnese and the Ionian Islands bordering there.

The population of ancient Ilia (from 1000-1 BC) was in the range of 5,000 to 10,000 and reached 10,000 or 20,000 by 1 BC. The history of the population of Ilia had suffered sharp population declines during invasion from northern and Eastern Europe, plagues, a couple of wars, and poor economy. Most of the population growth above 1% occurred in the 1800s and well into the 1900s. The biggest decline to its population was probably when invaders from Northern Europe dominate Ilia and some wars as well. The population surpassed the 100,000 mark around the quarter of the 20th century and more than 150,000 in the late-20th century. Pyrgos became the largest city having the population over the 10,000 mark in the mid-20th century, and above 20,000 in the late-1980s. The population may hit the 200,000 mark. Even though it will not surpass the Corinthia prefecture population, it may be ranking 3rd in the entire peninsula. The population in the northwest is growing while the population is declining in the southeast and east.

Ilia is steadily growing and around placed nearly in the middle in percentage in the peninsula, but growing quite steadily. Achaea prefecture is the first. Northern part is one of the fastest. Southern Ilia's population has growing mostly steadily like Andritsaina (less than 500 persons added to their population), and the flatlands has been growing quite steadily, (1 to 2%). Most of the small villages are losing population, some towns and cites are gaining population. The population has been growing steadily throughout more than 4,000 years (with some exceptions in the 20th century, the northern part has been growing between 1,5%, 2% and 3%).

The urban population is about higher than 60% and has surpassed population in the latter part of the 20th century, and rising to 70% and 80% of the population. Over the last 4,000 years, the majority of the population lived in rural areas.

The area is rich in beaches, climate, and forests.

Municipalities

Municipality YPES code Seat (if different)
Alifeira 1701 Kallithea
Amaliada 1702
Andravida 1703
Andritsaina 1704
Figaleia 1720 Nea Figaleia
Foloi 1721 Lalas
Gastouni 1709
Iardanos 1711 Vounargo
Kastro-Kyllini 1712 Kyllini
Lampeia 1713
Lasiona 1714 Panopoulo
Lechaina 1715
Oleni 1722 Karatoulas
Olympia 1705
Pineia 1716 Simopoulo
Pyrgos 1717
Skillounta 1718 Krestena
Tragano 1719
Vartholomio 1706
Volakas 1708 Epitalio
Vouprasia 1707 Varda
Zacharo 1710

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Population

Geography

The northernmost point is 38. 1° or 38° 06′ N, the westernmost is around 22. 2° E or 22° 12′ E, the southernmost is 37. 3° N or 37° 18′ N, and the easternmost is 21. 9° E or 21° 54′ E. The length from north to south (Directly is 100 km (60 miles), and from east-to-west is around 55 km (35 miles). There two tiny peninsulas in the region. Its coast line includes 120 km of sandy beaches.

The longest river is the Alpheus River (Greek: Πόταμος Αλφειόυ Alfeios). Other rivers are Erymanthus (Ερύμανθος Erymanthos) by the boundary of Ilia-Arcadia, Peneus (Πόταμος Πηνειός Pineios) of the west runs down into the southern part of Vartholomio. The Neda (Νέδα) river is the boundary of Messenia and Ilia. More rivers can be found here. Tributaries Aegean Sea Thermaic Gulf Elpeus Aliákmon Axios Peneus used to emptied near what is now Lechaina and Aghios Panteleimonas in ancient times. The distance of Peneus river flows near Palaeochori today.

The prefecture has about 250 to 300 kilometers of sandy coastline filled with beaches, rocks, the port of Kyllini and contains the mouths of Peneus, Alpheus and its delta and Neda Rivers. north of Neochori and Kyllini, the only spot of not having a beach, rocky cliffs dominate their shoreline. The total length is around 1 km. The coastline throughout history was a bit longer 3,000 to 4,000 years ago.

Unlike the Aegean and the Ionian islands, there is only one rocky island, and it has a lighthouse on top of the cape. Ilia's largest island has a cape for the Kyllini coast. The size of the island is only about 7,000 m². All of its islands is deforested, and rocky. The island was cut off from the rest of the land as the water level rose, and soil erosion of rocks, wiping out 0. 2 km² over tens of thousands of years. There was an island tens of thousands of years ago existed between Ilia and Zakynthos. Today the depth is only 5 m under the sea. It is the highest point under the sea, it almost look like an island. There are 3 lagoons covered between the sea.

Lighthouses like in Kyllini are scattered throughout its coastlines and there are less than 10 lighthouses in the area.

Forests are founded in the east. The other is plain or rocky least-forested hills. Piney trees are mostly founded in places from Neda River up to Peneus River. About half of the area are covered with forest. The other is plain of rocky least-forested hills. There are forest preserves in Pholoe (Φολόη Foloi, Pholoi, modern Greek or Pholoe, ancient and modern Greek. Foloi (Φολόη older forms Foloe, older form and Latin: Pholoe is a village and a municipality in the eastern part of the Prefecture of Ilia ), and the mountain ranges of Eastern Ilia. Another forests in the northern part is the Strofylia forests which has pine trees.

Tree-planting is very rare, or not being planted. The rate of forestation is slightly decreasing, mainly by fires and road networks. Afforestation is the process of establishing a forest on land that is not a forest or has not been a forest for a long time by planting trees or their seeds But larger forests not linked by any roads are getting protected, mainly in Pholoe.

Its mountain range is the southern part of Movri (Μόβρη Movre) (around 400 m/1,700 ft), Pholoe ranges (around 300 m), Divri (Δίβρί) (around 1500 m), Minthe (Μίνθη) (around 1100m), and more. Movri (Μόβρη is a mountain range that is in the municipalities of Movri, Dymi to the northeast Oleni in the western part of the prefecture Foloi (Φολόη older forms Foloe, older form and Latin: Pholoe is a village and a municipality in the eastern part of the Prefecture of Ilia In Greek mythology, Minthe (also Menthe, Mentha, Mintho; Greek: Μένθη was a Naiad associated with the river

Reservoirs are founded in the north and east. the first is Peneus which supplies water for Northern Ilia. The water is not safe for drinking, because it contain some contaminants. Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability disorder harm or discomfort to the physical systems or living organisms they are in It dams up the Peneus River. Its dam is made out of earth and it is considered the highest dam in Ilia, but not the Peloponnese. The second is not far from Olympia and Krestena. This reservoir is small but is supplies water from Pyrgos to the southern part. It dams up the Alpheus River.

The port of Kyllini in the northwest is the busiest port in Ilia. It ferries cars into the port and out into the islands of Zante and Corfu with two ferry lines. Other ports or harbors are small in size and fits only small or smaller boats.

Two thermal springs offers beautiful blue-colored sea with the best beaches around. Thermal springs of Kyllini, Kaiafa are the major springs there.

There are mountains filled with spring water, but there are no spring water factories in Ilia, such as Avra (Temene) (Άυρα) from Temene and Loutraki (spring water) from Loutraki, outside Ilia. Loutraki (Greek Modern Λουτράκι Ancient/Katharevousa Λουτράκιον is a seaside town located 4 km NE of Corinth in the Prefecture of Corinthia Loutraki or Avra is the top-selling spring water in the entire region. Loutraki (Greek Modern Λουτράκι Ancient/Katharevousa Λουτράκιον is a seaside town located 4 km NE of Corinth in the Prefecture of Corinthia Avra Velis better known as Avra, is a multi award winning Greek-Australian alternative- pop Singer-songwriter, Actress, Dancer

There are no skiing resorts in the area. The nearest from the north is on the Panachaicus, and from the south is from Mainalon, and Taygetus.

Ilia is located in the heart of the earthquake zone, and the faultline. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer Every year, tens of minor earthquakes and aftershocks are trembled each year. An aftershock is an Earthquake that occurs after a previous earthquake (the main shock There are a number of faultlines scattered in the area. Ilia or the western Peloponnese has a lot of history of earthquakes.

Here lies the ancient ruins of Elis (Ancient Greek Ηλίς Elis, Modern Greek Ηλίδα Ilida), Epitalium (Επιτάλιον, Επιτάλιο (modern Greek spelling Epitalion) and Olympia, and once held the ancient Olympic games which started in 776 BC. Elis, or Eleia ( Greek, Modern Ήλιδα Ilida, Ancient Ēlis, Doric: Alis, Elean: Walis) is an ancient Olympia ( Greek: Olympí'a or Olýmpia, older transliterations Olimpia, Olimbia) a sanctuary of ancient Greece A museum is founded with statues that relate with the history of Olympia. Another museum is in Elis, but the size is very small.

Ilia has a military airport in Andravida located slightly north of Pyrgos, 3 km north of the center of Andravida. There are no international or local airports in the area. There are military bases in Elis, like the one in Kyllini. Etymology The word bases is first recorded in English language from c

The nearest airport on land is in Kalamata, and from Kyllini, the nearest airport is in the island of Zakynthos which is around 20 km southwest. An airport is a location where Aircraft such as airplanes, Helicopters and blimps take off and land Kalamata (Καλαμάτα Kalamáta, formerly Καλάμαι Kalámai) is the second-largest city of the Peloponnese in southern Greece

Monasteries are scattered around the region. The nearest from Amalias is Agia Frangavilli about 5 km SE of Amalias and N or Pyrgos via GR-9.

Straws and bamboo sticks are founded along the roads in the plains of the area. Its total length of roads running into the bamboo sticks is about 8% to 15% of the total length of roads. Every year, fires are set on the Bamboo sticks to make road conditions clearer, other are cutting them for use. Marshes are founded in riverbanks and some swamps in which the use for products is sometimes rare.

Ilia's most crowded train station is near the heart of Pyrgos. it has 5 to 6 tracks line up within the station. The location is about a 100 m east of the old Pyrgos to Patras Road.

There are about four lagoons in the west, right next to the Ionian Sea. Some of them were drained to make room for farmland. They are concentrated between SW of Pyrgos and into the Alpheys Delta and south to the beaches of Kaiafa. Some of the lagoons near Epitalio has been drained for farming purposes.

Climate

In spring, temperatures in May can climb to around 20 to 25 °C. Temperatures in the summer can soar over 30 °C (86 °F). Sunny takes over cloudy days. Series of late-1970s, late-1990s and early 2000s heatwaves pounded the area, setting or reached near record highs around the mid-40s °C mark. One summer of 2002, daily high temperatures for the season were hovering around the 35 °C mark. Normal temperature is between the low to mid 30s °C mark. In the fall, temperatures decline around the 20 °C mark. The only time that the leaves change colors is near winter. Winter highs is about 13 °C to 14 °C. Snow covers the mountains. Temperatures at elevations over 1000 m can reach 5 °C.

There had been some summer years where places from Kyllini to SE of Pyrgos, and in the Western Peloponnese has received more than 50 days of sunshine in a row, especially in portions of early and mid-1990s, 1997, 1998, and 2001. No other places in other parts of Elia received over 50 days of sunshine in mountainous regions, which rain and clouds have been dominant, mainly in late-day skies.

Rainy weather in 2002-2003 caused destruction of villages by mudslides, and some bridges and roads were also cut off. It repeated in 2005 and 2006. Not too much rainy weather ravaged the prefecture. When the low pressure system arrived from Central Europe, it brought snow to Greece, the snowstorm had no effect in almost all of the Prefecture along with the temperatures which went as low as the freezing mark in the low lying areas, only the mountains received almost normal snowfall. Central Europe is the Region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and On February 2008, frost devastated many crops in Manolada, Nea Manolada (the Manoladas) and Kounoupeli

Agriculture

The primary source of agriculture is corn, tomatoes, potatoes, green peppers, livestock, watermelon, melon and some vegetables. There are 3 major operating tomato factories in Savalia (Kyknos), Gastouni (Pelargos), and north of Andravida (Asteris). Kyknos SA ( Greek: Κύκνος meaning Swan) is a Greek Tomato company and it is one of the major tomato paste brands in the country Pelargos (Πέλαργος is a Greek Tomato company and it is one of the major tomato paste brands in the country The most fertile land is a plain that covers northern section of the region. The production is one of being #1 in the Peloponnese and the whole of Western Greece. There are almost the same amount of fertile land as in Achaea, being the #1 in amount of fertile and arable land in the peninsula. In Geography, arable land (from Latin arare, to Plough) is an agricultural term meaning land that can be used for

Textiles used to be dominant in business from ancient times to medieval times. It had been replaced by agriculturalism in times of the Ottoman Empire and a couple of plagues. In the 1950s, agriculture was the most dominant business and the most jobs in Elis numbered at 100% with the exception of parts of Amaliada and Pyrgos, where urbanization covered more than half and a quarter in Amalias. Amaliada (Greek Demotic: Αμαλιάδα Katharevousa: Αμαλιάς Amalias is a municipality in the western Peloponnese, in Greece Pyrgos (Πύργος is the capital of the Prefecture of Ilia in Greece. In the late-1970s, the majority of jobs in Lechaina, Myrsini and Varda is primarily urban. Business in the agricultural sector has been declining to one-third to this day.

The most popular pasta in western Greece is shaped like stars and dots. It is common in the western half. Other pasta delicacies are also common and were affordable until the mid-20th century. Poverty was very common when the economy is poor.

A part of the agriculture particularly on some farms, groves and cattle were devastated by the fire.

Some of the new farmers are of Pakistani origin, their income is mainly in the middle class range annually. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and

Forestry

Before the mid-20th century, logging was rarely common to third-class residents. They used it for heating, cooking, and some other resources. Nowadays, logging is very rare in Ilia. The only place for logging is near residential and industrial expansion, mining, and highway networking expansion. Most of the forest is consumed by forest fires.

There are no sawmills and papermills in Ilia and the Western Peloponnese, unlike Northern Europe. The nearest sawmill is to the north and the nearest paper mill is probably in Athens.

Fishing information

Squid, and all types of fish are common in the waters of Ilia. Fishing is mainly done in the southeastern Ionian and as well in the waters of the Bay of Patras. Most of the production is sent into Patras, some into Athens, some elsewhere in the world (with small production) and some into the local markets of Ilia from Kyllini and Katakolo. Overfishing is a problem north of Lechaina. There are people fishing near the coastal waters of the Western Peloponnese. Fishing without a permit is illegal, and they are trying to prevent overfishing, but fishing continues well after the comment about preventing overfishing.

Information and features

Lechaina international festival had taken place in mid-summer of 2002. It hosted concerts, not as big as others, and shows.

There are no race tracks, or a main airport. not even a speedway. Soccer fields, track and field, and basketball are common. Also, there are hospitals in the area. There are a number of health centers founded from north to south.

Total number of buildings number around 50,000 and 60,000.

Peneus Dam also has a watch tower and a water control station which guards the water flow of that reservoir. It even has a road over which connects Psari, Ag. Ilia, Daphni, and Gastouni. It even features the only single-span suspension bridge in Elis which is 300 meters long. This bridge runs over the flowing waters from the dam when is above the limit. Kentro is in the middle between the dam, the river and the channel.

There are three tomato plants, they include Kyknos in Savalia, Asteris north of Andravida, and Pelargos southeast of Gastouni. In Greek mythology, four people were known as Cycnus or Cygnus. Pelargos (Πέλαργος is a Greek Tomato company and it is one of the major tomato paste brands in the country

There are about 10s of post office scattered in the area.

100s of water towers are scattered to half of the villages carrying 2,000,000 litres of water for most of the region.

The supermarkets and warehouse stores that are available are Lidl and Veropoulos (part of the Spar, Eurospar chain) in Pyrgos. Lidl is a European discount Supermarket chain of German origin that operates 7000 stores Veropoulos (Βερόπουλος is a large retail group based in Greece. In Sailing, a spar is also know as a round pole of wood or Metal used on a Sailing ship. In Sailing, a spar is also know as a round pole of wood or Metal used on a Sailing ship. This location opened in the late 20th century, being the first supermarket in Pyrgos and Ilia, not as a whole of the Western Peloponnese. The main regional chain of supermarket is Supermarket Ilida. Department stores and hypermarkets that are not available is Carrefour, Praktiker, Champion Mariopoulos and Micro Land, their nearest location for a store is founded only in Patras, the capital of the Peloponnese. Carrefour SA ( (karˈfur is a French international Hypermarket chain with a global network of outlets Praktiker ( is a German hypermarket chain offering home improvement and do-it-yourself goods

Its length of barbwires is about 2000 to 5000 km, and the rest are fenced near farms with grasses and bushes.

Tourism

Tourism is mainly found along the beaches of western Peloponnese. In the range of 60% to 70% tour the beaches of Ilia or the western Peloponnese every year and decade. Tourism flourishes in the summer season in hotels in the Kyllini area, and its thermal springs next to the Ionian Islands. Many tourists in the area go to places like Agia Lagana on the Kyllini coast. Agia Lagana is a Place of interest in Greece. It is located on the Peloponnesus, near Olympia. Tourists flock through seaside restaurants which is a hotspot for tourists. Another tourist attraction is Olympia, along with its ancient ruins. Most of the stores are almost flourished with items that relate with ancient Olympia. There are hotels in Pyrgos.

The history of tourism began in the 1960s when airplanes came to the market. tourism has steadily increasing throughout the latter part of the 20th century. Most of the tourists are from Western and Northern Europe, especially Southern Europe, and Germany. The remainder of tourists come from the Americas, Israel and South Africa. Far East states are the smallest. Bad weather had taken a toll on tourism which began in 2002. More touristic info can be found here. Greece attracts more than 16 million tourists each year thus contributing 15% to the nation's Gross Domestic Product Economy.

History

Ancient, Classical and Roman Elia

For the earlier history, see Elis

776 BC: The first Olympic games held in Olympia. Elis, or Eleia ( Greek, Modern Ήλιδα Ilida, Ancient Ēlis, Doric: Alis, Elean: Walis) is an ancient Olympia ( Greek: Olympí'a or Olýmpia, older transliterations Olimpia, Olimbia) a sanctuary of ancient Greece These games lasted into the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire.

Byzantine Ilia

3rd - 4th century: Goths, Slavs and Vandals rampaged through the region, leaving untold destruction of homes and people were panicking not just in Elia but also around Greece. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 4th century (per the Julian calendar and Anno Domini / Common era) was that Century

1000s - 1200s Fortress-like Chlemoutsi were built by the Franks to prevent attacks from the northern frontiers from conquering. The Franks or Frankish people (Franci or gens Francorum) were West Germanic tribes first identified in the 3rd century as an Ethnic group

Frankish and Albanian? Ilia

See also: Principality of Achaea

1204 The principality of Achaea was created and Ilia was included in the principality for the next 256 years (about 2 and a half centuries). The Principality of Achaea or of the Morea was one of the three Vassal states of the Latin Empire which replaced the Byzantine Empire The Principality of Achaea or of the Morea was one of the three Vassal states of the Latin Empire which replaced the Byzantine Empire The principality had its own capital at Andravida. Andravída (Ανδραβίδα anðɾaˈviða is a city in the Ilia Prefecture of the Peloponnese, Greece. The Great Plague affected about half of the population and it declined after spreading the disease. In human history the term plague refers to an Epidemic disease causing a high rate of mortality i Shortly, the prefecture was conquered by the Albanians and ran the eastern portion for a short time, they settled in Kryoneri, Chelidoni? and Komi near Varda. Nearest places Olympia, south Location Kryoneri is located about south of Patras, east-northeast of Chelidoni may also refer to a settlement near Andritsaina, part of the municipal district of Dafnoula Nearest places Platanos Nearest places Mataragka ? Psari Location Komi is located approximately 55 km southwest of One exception was that it later became a part of the Venetians in the 1400s for a few decades.

Venetian and Ottoman Ilia

1460 The principality of Achaea which included much of Ilia conquered and joined the Ottoman Empire which lasted until Greek independence of 1821 (length: 361 years, 3 centuries, 61 years, around 326 with the Ottomans) with some exceptions of the Venetian rule which ran in the 1490s, a part of the early 16th century and from 1681 until 1715. The Principality of Achaea or of the Morea was one of the three Vassal states of the Latin Empire which replaced the Byzantine Empire The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829 also commonly known as the Greek Revolution (Ελληνική Επανάσταση Elliniki Epanastasi; Ottoman The Most Serene Republic of Venice ((Serenìsima Repùblica Vèneta or Repùblica de Venesia Serenissima Repubblica Ilia produced several revolutionary leaders including the Avgerinos, the Sisins (Georgios and Chrysanthos), Charalambos Vilaetis, Athanasios Christopoulos, Krestenitis, etc. Georgios Sisinis (Greek Γεώργιος Σισίνης 1769 - 1831 was a Greek Politician and a Greek revolutionary leader. Chrysanthos Sisinis (Greek Χρύσανθος Σισίνης died 1845 was a Greek revolutionary leader and a politician Charalambos or Haralambos Vilaetis (Greek Χαράλαμπος Βιλαέτης 1781 - 1821 was a Greek Greek revolutionary leader. Athanasios Christopoulos (1772-1847 Greek poet was born at Kastoria in Macedonia. Krestenitis (Greek Κρεστενίτης may refer to several Greek persons Battlegrounds include Chlemoutsi, Gastouni in 1821, Lala in 1822 which many fell, near Lampeia (Divri), near Pyrgos, the area of Andritsaina and several to the south, all of these were to be liberated in the mid-1820s.

The first years after the Ottoman rule and with Greece

After the late-1820s around 1828, Ilia finally joined a new country known as Greece. In the first years it merged to form Achaea-Ilia in which lasted for several years, it split but it rejoined again and remain united until 1934 with one exception.

During the first decades of being a part of Greece, it experienced an economic and agricultural boom, houses were built, Pyrgos boomed, there were some emigration in which did not succeed until after the conflicts. Municipalities were created in 1831 and originally numbered nine, including Olena, Olympia, Pyrgos (Letrina), Andritsaina, Krestena/Zacharo, Gastouni, Amaliada? and several that no longer exists including Myrtountio (named after Myrtountio or Myrtuntium) and Kalotychia (now split into Vouprasia), prior was the province of Ilia which had its capital in Gastouni, these municipalities were later dissolved in 1912 reducing to Amaliada and Pyrgos (Letrina). Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting The King of Greece owned a tract of land that ran from the Larissos River south of the Mavros Oros south to Amaliada and was filled with willow trees. This is a list of the heads of state of Greece, from the foundation of the modern nation state until the present Larissos is a municipality in the western part of Achaea in Greece. Like most of the Peloponnese, the area was unaffected during World War I. The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus ( Greek: Πελοπόννησος Pelopónnisos; see also List of Greek place names) is a large Peninsula World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All

During the Asia Minor Catastrophe, refugees from Asia Minor settled into the northeast tract and much of the forests were cut and were reduced into the vicinity of Amaliada and north of the GR-9, Lappa was partly included as the boundary was not created until 1931 marked at the stream 1 km north of Nea Manolada. Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black The section in the forest northeast to near Sageika was mainly depopulated and had only a few places.

Earthquakes rumbled Chavari in 1909 which ruined everything, Vartholomio in 1910 and Kyllini in 1920. Chavari or Havari is a village that is a part of the municipality of Amaliada in the Ilia prefecture. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar

Wartime Ilia

1940s World War II struck portions of Ilia, houses were damaged, people were homeless, and the Greek Civil War strucked later on. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Greek Civil War (ο Eμφύλιος, "the Civil War" fought from 1946 to 1949 by the Governmental forces receiving logistical support by the United Kingdom Buildings were rebuilt in the early-1950s.

Post-war Ilia

Remnants of the Ionian earthquake in 1953 trembled nearly the whole area. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The damage was probably in the minor range. Some buildings were damaged and some people were injured. Most of the damage happened northwest of Pyrgos. Other earthquakes occurred later in Oreini Pineias a year later (1954), Lechaina two years later (1955) and Vartholomio and Neochori Myrtountiou in 1988 which ruined some biildings, it was also felt in Machos, Kyllini, etc. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar)

1980s to 1990s New highway extension and a by-pass began to open and E55 was remapped. It spanned 65 kilometers, including 42 kilometers of widening, and 23 kilometers of extensions and by-passes. It meant better flow of traffic from Patras to Pyrgos.

The Modern Ilia

mid-1992: A fire in Lechaina's east destroyed 50 square kilometers of forest, land, farms and property. Power was cut off for several days.

mid-1993 An earthquake trembled most of Elia. A mid-afternoon earthquake caused minor of some severe damage to property. It was nearly a strong earthquake, because it is located near an earthquake zone.

late-1990s (1997 to 1999) Tens of forest fires have been reported. Total cost of fires was in the 30,000,000 drachmas ($100,000) range.

mid-1999 Mudslide devastates road connecting Pyrgos, Krestena, Andritsaina, Megalopolis, Sparta, and Laconia. Access was completely cut off for several days. The road was repaired with better engineering.

July-August, 1999 Forest fire threatens forest near the ancient city of Olympia. Tens of square km were consumed by an enormous fire. GR-74 during that day along with other rarely used roads were shut down. The fire was completely put out in a couple of days.

2001: Workers opened a Neochori by-pass which will send vehicles to Kyllini (Kyllene) in just around 15 minutes in a 60 km/h zone. The distance is reduced to 10 kilometers from 13 kilometers. This is a result of closing down a railway (railroad) that communicates Kavasila or Kavasilas and the Port of Kyllini.

August 2001:: Farmers demand more money during a strike. Farmers were blocking traffic by tractors. The strike lasted for about a week. Attempts were done on GR-9 1. 5 km SW of Kardamas and 20 km NW of Pyrgos at the Dounaiika-Amalias Junction. Hundreds attend to protest lower prices and lower production.

August-September 2002: A series of late August-early September (late-summer) earthquakes rattle the area. One measuring the Richter Scale in the 5. The Richter magnitude scale, or more correctly local magnitude M L scale assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released 4 range, and happened 10 km (6 mi. ) deep in the Ionian sea south of Vartholomio. Houses and buildings were shaking and so did the trees. No damages were reported. The other was almost 5. 6. All of the earthquakes happened around 11PM (23. 00) local daylight time (20. 00 UTC).

August 14, 2003: Remnants of the Lefkada earthquake tremored as far south as the northern tip of Ilia, no damages were reported. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

November 16, 2003 Remnants of the Cephallonia earthquake also rumbled into the region from Kalogria or Manolada southward. Damages were mostly done on that Ionian island.

In the later years, in 2005, a whale ended up on a shoreline near Neochori in the southern part of the prefecture. Neochori ( Greek, Modern Νεοχώρι Ancient/ Katharevousa: Νεοχώριον Neohorion, 1970s-1990s Neohori) is a village in southern

A low pressure system that arrived from southern and central Europe brought devastating hailstorm to the plains near Pyrgos damaging many of the crops including the watermelon. The ground resembled a snowy day in the month of November and December with 2 cm that happens in northern and eastern Europe nearby, this scene is very rare and it occurs in February.

August 2007: The Ilia Prefecture is devastated by enormous forest fires which lead to tens of deaths and a massive environmental and economical disaster. A wildfire, also known as a wildland fire, forest fire, brush fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, Peat fire, 2007 Greek forest fires#August_2007 The final toll (according to the newspaper "TA NEA"; September 3, 2007) for the prefecture was: 45 dead, 100,000 effected by the fire, 3,500 left homeless by the fire, 25,000 dead animals, 8,500 hectares of burned forests, 2,300 hectares of burned farmland. The 2007 Greek forest fires were a series of massive forest fires that broke out in several areas across Greece throughout the summer of 2007

Months after the fires, the government has announced to replant the olive trees lost by the fire, the date is scheduled earlier than the start of the planting season in late-January 2008.

The earthquake that affected from Erymanthos shook only the northeastern part of the prefecture on February 2008. Mount Erymanthos ( Greek: Ερύμανθος Latin and older form Erymanthus) is a dense Mountain range south of Patras in the middle of On February 14, 2008, an earthquake from the west shook a part of the prefecture and caused almost no damages, a few of the forty earthquakes in late February ravaged several parts of the prefecture. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

Transportation

Total highways are exactly 200 km, with 25 km being old national roads. Most of the roads were entirely made out of earth before the modern period. Before the 1940s, every quarter of Ilia's roads were either made out of stone or made out of earth. Almost 95% to 99% of the roads were surfaced in the 1950s. Pavement of roads result in the 70s and the 80s, being half of the roads being paved. There were a lot of accidents on the road, one reason is car passengers not wearing seat belts, poorly-built roads, and lower funding of money than in Athens. Today, it only stands out in a quarter range, because construction of paved roads go on into the 21st century.

There are no expressways, freeways or superhighways, especially with tolls in the prefecture, or interchanges, There may be a freeway connecting from Patras to Pyrgos which will probably be planned or a 4-lane GR9 with a couple of traffic lights and interchanges in the works. Start of the extension of GR9 and is undetermined, while GR74 is in the works, extending the 80 km/h highway well east of Elia in 2004 connecting Langadi in Arcadia to Olympia.

The principal highways include:

And the Pyrgos to Kyllini (Kyllene) road is 12 km long. Today, it's only 10 km (6 miles when workers shortened by constructing a new section only 2 km in length). Cost: 30 to 75,000,000 drachmas ($100,000 to $250,000) range, including the abandonment of the train track system.

Railway tracks enters through Ilia. And the length is around 140 km. 155 km before 2001. The region has about only two tracks left. Three was the original number before 2001. There are tens of train stations scattered around Ilia. Tens of trains are used every day. Pyrgos Train station has the most passengers. Its average speed limit is 80 km/h.

The first street signs were poorly read, and boarded. The first signs were put po on four of its Greek roads. Most of the signs were beginning to put up on Ilia's and municipality's and district's roads in the 1980s, to increase road safety. Then more roads added street signs in unused roads in the 1990s. There are about more than 50,000 to 80,000 signs posted in the region.

Speed limit before the 1980s were around 40 to 50 km/h on GR9. The average maximum speed limit in present day on national highways is 60 km/h (GR9, and GR74 west of Olympia. ), 30 to 40 hm/h on GR33, GR76 and GR74 east of Olympia. The average speed limit is 30 to 40 km/h n the mountains and hills (excluding sharp, sharper, and sharpest turns and curves which posts it lower), 40 km/h to 60 km/h (except on some roads which speed limit signs may post it lower, (example, Myrsini-Myrsini Beach Road)) on straight roads, mainly in fertile land.

There are transformer lines that powers hydro to its residents from mainly Megalopolis power station. Around 300 to 500 km of minor power lines are in the Area powering electricity to the people, including one which light up for the road. There are no power stations that produce electricity in the area. Before the 1940s, there were no transformer lines existed. Another power line around 10 km in length were bringing hydro to residents of the island of Zante. Construction began around 2001-2002. The line opened somewhere in 2002.

Its first lamp post was in the mid-20th century, and the villages in the mid to late 1980s. Today, they are one of the areas that has the most lighting in the Peloponnese, placed 3rd or 4th on the peninsula. Around 4 to 5 km of GR9 (Patras-Pyrgos) are lighted (30 to 40-foot (12 m) posts or 10 to 15 m posts) .

The highway expansion returned as the GR-76 is ready for construction with faster access with Megalopoli and Sparta and two-lanes with edges as the GR-9 and the GR-74 and possibly in decades, a section of the GR-9 from Pyrgos to the prefectural boundary with Achaea will see a superhighway with several interchanges.

Telecommunications

Telephones were more common after the 1960s when they created hundreds of kilometres of phone lines in the region. Now nearly every household has a telephone, and it costs 10 cents US a minute to call. Hellenic Telecommunication Organization (ΟΤΕ) built tens of towers to connect more lines for the internet, telephones, and cell phones to increase the service. OTE ( is the national Telecommunications provider of Greece. Standing for Hellenic Telecommunication Organization ( Ο ργανισμός Lines began around the mid-20th century to enable more people to communicate by phones in the whole of Greece. There are also several communication towers throughout the prefecture.

There are number of radio stations like RSA, Radio Station of Amalias from Amalias, Eleftheri Radiofonas Krestenas from Krestena, and so on. There are 100s of tramsmitter towers scattered over Elia.

Ilis has two provinces: Ilia district contains Hollow or Lowland Ilia and the northern part of Pisatis has the most people, and not in size. Pisa, or Pisatis was the name of an ancient Greek town or district in Elis, famous for containing Olympia, the site of the Ancient Olympic Games. The seat is Pyrgos. Pyrgos (Πύργος is the capital of the Prefecture of Ilia in Greece. Olympia district containing most of Pisatis or Pisa and Triphylia, is the second in population. Its seat for the entire district is Andritsaina, in the mountains, Krestena and Zacharo are the largest towns in the district. Andritsaina (Ανδρίτσαινα also Andritsena is a community and a municipality located in the southeastern part of the Elis Prefecture in the middle

Persons

Sporting teams

See also: Ilia Football Clubs Association

References

External links

Dimtrios Gontikas or Gondikas (Greek Δημήτριος Γόντικας 1888 - 1967 was a Greek historian and a linguist The Hellenic Parliament ( Βουλή των Ελλήνων; transliterated Vouli (also Boule) ton Ellinon; literally 'Will of the Greeks' from the Miltiadis Iatridis (Greek Μιλτιάδης Ιατρίδης 1906-1960 was a Greek Navy leader Iatridis was born in Pyrgos and was enlisted Andreas Karkavitsas (Greek Ανδρέας Καρκαβίτσας Lechaina, Greece 1866 - Amarousi October 10, 1922) was a Greek Kostas Kazakos (Κώστας Καζάκος (alt sp Costas Kazakos) (born May 1935 in Pyrgos Ilia) is a Greek Actor and director The Prime Minister of Greece ( Πρωθυπουργός της Ελλάδος) is the Head of government of the Hellenic Republic and the leader of Dionyssios Kokkinos (Greek Διονύσιος Κόκκινος was a Greek historian and writer Krestenitis (Greek Κρεστενίτης may refer to several Greek persons Georgios Krestenitis (Greek Γεώργιος Κρεστενίτης was a Greek politician from the Ilia prefecture. Ioannis Krestenitis (Greek Ιωάννης Κρεστενίτης d Lykourgos Krestenitis (Greek Λυκούργος Κρεστενίτης 1793 - 1873 was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence. Stamatis Krestenitis (Greek Σταμάτης Κρεστενίτης was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence. Christos Laskaris (Greek Χρίστος Λάσκαρης born 1931 in Chavari in Ilia, now a prefecture is a Greek poet Liourdis (Greek Λιούρδης may refer to several people Giannis or Yiannis Liourdis, politician Spyros Liourdis Ioannis Liourdis or Yiannis Liourdis (Greek Ιωάννης Λιούρδης around 1800 in Pyrgos - 1899 was a Greek politician Biography Alexandros Panagoulis was born in the Glyfada neighbourhood of Athens. Georgios Papandreou (Greek Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου 1859 - 1940 was a Greek Historian and a Linguist. Theodoros Papasimakopoulos (Greek Θεόδωρος Παπασημακόπουλος 1790 - mid to large 19th century was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Ioannis Pesmazoglou (Greek Ιωάννης Πεσμαζόγλου 1857 in the Ilia prefecture - 1906 was a Greek banker economist and politician Takis Sinopoulos ( Pyrgos Ilia, 1917-1981 was a Greek poet and a leading figure among the so-called first postwar generation of Greek poets Sisinis (Greek Σισίνης may refer to several people Chrysanthos Sisinis, a Greek revolutionary leader and a politician Georgios Chrysanthos Sisinis (Greek Χρύσανθος Σισίνης died 1845 was a Greek revolutionary leader and a politician Georgios Sisinis (Greek Γεώργιος Σισίνης 1769 - 1831 was a Greek Politician and a Greek revolutionary leader. Christos Stephanopoulos (Greek Χρήστος Στεφανόπουλος 1853 in the Ilia prefecture - 1918 was a Greek politician and mayor of Pyrgos Thallis Theodoridis (Greek Θαλλής Θεοδωρίδης d Vasileios Theodoridis (Greek Βασίλειος Θεοδωρίδης was a Greek journalist Konstantinos Varouxis (Greek Κωνσταντίνος Βαρουξής was a Greek journalist and a publisher Leonidas Varouxis (Λεωνίδας Βαρουξής was a Greek journalist and a politician The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Charalambos or Haralambos Vilaetis (Greek Χαράλαμπος Βιλαέτης 1781 - 1821 was a Greek Greek revolutionary leader. Lysandros Vilaetis (Greek Λύσανδρος Βιλαέτης 1835 - 1860 was a chief of Pyrgos and a Greek politician Nikolaos Vilaetis (Greek Νικόλαος Βιλαέτης 1835 - 1860 was a chief of Pyrgos and a Greek politician Panagia or Panayis Vourloumis (Greek Παναγής Βουρλούμη 1867 - 1950 was a Greek politician lawyer economist and an economic minister Andravída (Ανδραβίδα anðɾaˈviða is a city in the Ilia Prefecture of the Peloponnese, Greece. Paniliakos (also uncommonly Panileiakos) was founded in 1958 from the union of four teams from the city of Pyrgos (Ethnikos Iraklis A PAO Varda (Greek Παμβουπρασιακός ΑΟ Βάρδας Pamvouprasiakos A Georgios Papandreou (Greek Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου 1859 - 1940 was a Greek Historian and a Linguist. Vyronas Davos (Greek Βύρων Δάβος b 1927 is a Greek Historian, Writer and Poet.
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