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| Country: | Greece |
| Region: | Ionian Islands |
| Regional unit: | Kefalonia |
| Municipality: | Kefalonia |
| Municipal unit: | Pylaros |
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| - Population: | 77 |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
| Auto: | ΚΕ |
Antipata (Greek: Αντιπάτα) is one of the 24 villages of the municipal unit of Pylaros, on Kefalonia, Greece. It is part of the community Divarata.
Antipata Pylarou is linked with a road linking Divarata and Dentrinata which accesses with the road linking Agia Efimia and Karia. The main road is located to the south on the other side of the valley. From the village is originated the famous Greek rebel Marinos Antypas. Formerly Antipata was one of the most powerful villages of Kefalonia and the family Antypa was registered in the "Libro d'Oro" of the Venetian landowners between 1594-1604. The family may have come to Kefalonia by Florence, Italy. According to the genealogical tree the first Antypa was Michael Antypa. During the 17th century, the family started war with the other powerful families of the island (Karousoi, Sdrin, Anninoi). The village of Antypata was destroyed and many members of the family left the area. Some went to Erissos, where they founded the village of Antipata Erissou, while others went to Paliki.
Antipata Pylarou was struck by the 1953 Ionian Earthquake destroying every residential building in the village. The village was shortly re-built in the late-1950s and emigration lasted until the late-20th century, moving inhabitants to other parts of Greece and the world. Electricity, running water and telephone lines became linked in the 1960s. Antipata Pylarou became linked with a paved road in the 1990s. Agriculture is the only source of industry with traces of other businesses.
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The area around Antipata is surrounded by farmlands that are mainly pastures, fruits, vegetables, groves, as well as a small forest to the south and grasslands with bushes and rocks northward. The hills dominate the west and the east. Kalon Oros is directly to the north.
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| 1991 | 89 |
| 2001 | 77 |