Tripotamia
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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.
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[edit] Subdivisions
- Kapelitsa (Greek: Καπελίτσα) (pop: 96)
- Chania (Greek:Χανιά) (abandoned)
[edit] Nearest places
- Tropaia
[edit] 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)
[edit] Historical population
| Year | Communal population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 431 | - |
| 1991 | 420 | -11/-2.55% |
Tripotamia was one of the villages that lost most of the population and it was at 45%.
Tripotamia has a small school a church and a square (plateia). Residential houses and within the valley. Much of the area is hilly and mountainous and is covered with forests with a few bushes. One bush that grows there is a blue agathia, which is like a thorn bush with blue flowers.The farmlands with pastures and some groves are in the valley areas.
