| Leontari Λεοντάρι |
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Leontari
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| Country: | Greece |
| Region: | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit: | Arcadia |
| Municipality: | Megalopoli |
| Municipal unit: | Falaisia |
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| - Population: | 384 |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
| Postal: | 220 21 |
| Telephone: | 27910 |
Leontari (Greek, Modern: Λεοντάρι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on) is a town, seat of the former municipality of Falaisia, in the southwestern part of Arcadia. It is south of GR-7/E55.
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It is located about 6 km S of Megalopoli, about 175 km (old 230 km) from Athens, about 30 km (old 39 km) SW of Tripoli, W of Anavryto, NW of Sparta, NE of Kalamata and ENE of Kyparissia. It is located south of the Alfeios river.
The nearest places are:
Leontari was devastated by a forest fire that reached the village on Saturday August 25, 2007 and burnt the western portion of the area with gusty winds that reached as high as 80 to 90 km/h and hot temperatures. Residents and firefighters battled the blaze along with a few choppers and planes. The fire reached the western portion as flames arrived from a forested area to the west and entered the road linking Megalopoli and Sparta. It burnt tens of houses and left several residents out of the village, several flames were towering. The fire entered the village during the evening hours, towering flames were seen from town, the next morning, flames reached the eastern portion and later consumed the southern and eastern parts and with a nearly slow moving, flames advanced into Kamares along with Kamaritsa on Sunday and the eastern portion on Monday.
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