| Tyros Τυρός |
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Tyros
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| Country: | Greece |
| Region: | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit: | Arcadia |
| Municipality: | South Kynouria |
| Mayor: | Ioannis Marneris |
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| - Population: | 2,116 |
| - Area: | 88.600 km2 (34 sq mi) |
| - Density: | 24 /km2 (62 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
| Postal: | 22029 |
| Telephone: | 27570 |
| Auto: | TP |
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| www.tyros.gr | |
Tyros (Greek: Τυρός) is a town in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality South Kynouria, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] At the 2001 census, the population of the municipality was 2116. It lies in the heart of Kynouria and is between Parnon and the Myrtoan Sea. The town overlooks the Myrtoan Sea and the Argolic Gulf as well as southern Argolis and the southeast of the Peloponnese, as well as the island of Spetses and the surrounding islands. Tyros is a village of Kynouria that forms the Tsakonochoria which mainly speaks the Tsakonian language, that originates from the ancient Doric dialect. Tyros is a tourist center of Arcadia.
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| Year | Population |
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| 1981 | 1,052 |
| 1991 | 1,036 |
| 2001 | 1.211 |
Tyros is nearly 2.5 to 3 km west of the highway connecting both Tripoli and Argos and Skala which connects eastern Laconia as well as Monemvasia. Tyros is located 200 km southwest of Athens (140 km direct), 71 km southeast from Tripoli, 62 km from Argos,18 km north from Leonidio and 21 km south of Astros.
It offers ferry services to Porto Cheli on the other side of the mainland and Spetses which is around 25 km east.
Tyros became a part of Greece after the Greek War of Independence. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, its buildings were rebuilt and emigration occurred at a higher rate until 1951 through to 1991 and became the town in Arcadia to lose the most population and marked at 80% between 1981 and 1991, it became one of the few towns in Arcadia to regain is population. Tyros became connected with asphalt in the 1980s. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid-20th century, In the late-1990s the ex-community (now a town and a municipal district) joined to become the newly formed municipality of Tyros. It is one of the few places in the area where water is drinkable. Germans began to own several houses in the area during that time.
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