Lidoriki

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Municipality of Lidoriki Δήμος Λιδωρικίου Dimos Lidorikiou
Prefecture:	Fokida
Province:	Dorida
Seat:	Mavrolithari
Number of municipal districts:	17 (see below)
Location: Latitude: Longitude:	38.3586 (38° 21' 32") N 22.204 (22° 12' 20") E
Area:- -Total -Water -Rank	409.5 km² km² Ranked xxth]])
Population: (2001) -Municipality -Percent of the prefecture- Density	881 -104 or -10.56%) 8.75% /km² 10.32/km
Altitude: -lowest: -centre:	about 700 m (south) 1,009 m Giona
Postal code:	GR-330 57
Area/distance code:	11-(00)30-26940
Car designation (as of 2006):	`AM`

Lidoriki (Greek, Modern: Λιδορίκι), older forms: -o and -on is a municipality in Phocis, Greece. In 2001 the population was 4,225 for the municipality. Its area is 409.5 km² covering nearly one-fifth of the prefecture. Lidoriki is built on the foot of Gkiona and over the Mornos river. It is the centre of the mountains Dorida.

1 Distances and transportation
2 Municipal districts
3 Population
4 History
5 Other
6 External links

[edit] Distances and transportation

Lidoriki is linked with the old GR-48 linking Antirrio along with the Rio-Antirio Bridge and Amfissa. Lidoriki is located west of Amfissa, northwest of Itea and east-northeast of Nafpaktos.

[edit] Municipal districts

Avoros
Amygdalia
Dafnos
Diakopi
Doriko
Kalli
- Klima
- Trividi
Karoutes
Koniakos
Lefkaditi
Lidoriki
Malandrino
Pentapoli
- Aigiti (Αιγίτι) - abandoned
- Lefka
- Palaiokjastro
- Skaloula
Perithiotissi
Stilia
Sotaina
Sykia

[edit] Population

Year	Village population	Change	Municipal population	Change	Percent of the municipality	Percent of the prefecture
1981	790	-	-	-	-	-
1991	985	+195 or +24.68%	4,403	-	-	-
2001	881	-104 or -10.56%	4,225	-178 or -4.04%	20.86%	8.75%

[edit] History

Lidoriki was ruled by the Ottomans until the Greek War of Independence of 1821. Its economy slowly improved after the end of the Turkish rule over the modern southeastern Arta and later Epirus.

Lidoriki is the manufacturing centre of the area, it is mainly of manufactured products along with milk. 5 km from Lidoriki is the Mornos Dam, completed in 1974. Lake Mornos supplies the most of the drinking water used in Athens and it features the largest tunnel in Greece with 16.5 km which links with Gkionas and exits above the fortress in Amfissa.

Electricity and automobiles arrived in the 1960s, it was linked with pavement in the late-20th century, television arrived in the 1970s. Internet and computers arrived in the late-1990s.

[edit] Other

Lidoriki has a few schools, a lyceum (middle school), a gymnasium (secondary school) covering all the village in the municipality a few churches, banks, a post office, and a square (plateia).