Tripoli, Greece
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| Prefecture: | Arcadia |
| Province: | Mantineia |
| Location: | Template:Coor dms |
| Population: (2001) - Total - Density¹ - Rank | -28,976 -/km²</small> |
| Communes: | 11 |
| Elevation: -lowest: -centre: | northern part 655 m(centre) Mainalo |
| Postal code: | 221 00 |
| Area/distance code: | 11-30-27320 (030-2710) -20-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 |
| Municipal code: | 0520 |
| Car designation: | TP
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| Name of inhabitants: | Tripolitan sing., -s pl. |
| Address of administration: | 43 Ethniki Antistasis St. Tripoli 221 00 |
| Website: | www.tripoli.gr (http://www.tripolis.gr) (in Greek) |
Tripoli (Greek, Modern: Τρίπολη, Ancient/Katharevousa: -s), older form and Latin: Tripolis, rarely Tripolitsa, Tripolitza and Tripolizza is a city in the central part of the Peloponnesos, Greece, and the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the province of Mantineia which is the most populated province in Arcadia. The municipality is the largest city in the prefecture as well and presently one of the only growing places in Arcadia. The distance from Pyrgos is about 145 km E, 125 km E of Olympia, 144 km SE of Patras and ESE of Kalavryta, 78 km (old: 120 km) SW of Corinth and about 148 (old: 200 km) WSW of Athens, W of Argos and Nafplio, NW of Leonidi, N of Sparta, NNE of Kalamata, 33 km NE of Megalopoli and NE of Kyparissia, E of Stemnitsa and ESE of Dimitsana. In the Middle Ages, the place was known as Drobolitsa.
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Subdivision
Nearest places
- Chania (north)
- Milea (northeast)
- Tripoli Industrial area (east)
- Steno (east)
- Agios Konstantinos, SE
- Agios Vasileios, SE
- Tegea (south)
- Thana? (southwest)
Communes
- Agios Vasileios
- Agios Vasileios
- Evandro (pop: 40)
- Thana
- Makri
- Merkovounio
- Pallantino
- Pelagos
- Perthori
- Epano Chrepa Monastery
- Skopi
- Tripoli
Elaiohori
Historical population
| Year | Communal population | Change | Municipal population | Change |
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| 1981 | 21,337 | - | - | |
| 1991 | 22,429 | 1,092/5.12% | 26,432 | - |
| 2001 | 25,520 | 3,091/13.78% | 28,976 | 2,544/9.62% |
The city was created by merging three parts where the origin of the name comes from Greek (τρεις πόλεις) meaning the three cities. Its main plazas are ligned with the main street aligning with a highway linking to Pyrgos and Patras. One of them is named Kennedy, the other is named Georgiou B' (George II). The southern part has its main street named Washington. The main section of the city is enclosed around the castle walls that were built during the Ottoman occupation of Greece.
The city is surrounded by pine trees in the south and west, mount Mainalo (Maenalus) in the west while another mountain is 5 km E and fertile lands elsewhere. The closest mountain ridge of Mainalo is only about 1 km west.Wetlands used to dominate much of the area in the northeast. The industrial area is founded in the eastern part, formerly 100 m of the southern terminus of the superhighway, it is now near an interchange? where factories are founded.
Tripoli is home to the two largest Armed Forces bootcamp centers of Greece, one for the Hellnic Army and one for the Hellinic Airforce
- 251 Army Traning Battalion (Greek) 251 Τάγμα Βασικής Εκπαίδευσης
- 124 Basic Training Wing (Greek) 124 Πτέρυγα Βασικής Εκπαίδευσης
Transportation
Tripoli was not bypassed until the 1980s, highways weren't bypassed then. It was GR-7 in the southeast and was the southern terminus of the toll freeway of E65. Later in 1999, Tripoli became bypasses to the east by creating a direst highway between Pyrgos and Athens. Now it is bypasses 10 km NE and E since 2001, the opening of the extension of the superhighway.
History
In 1829, members of the Greek scientific community were attended in Tripoli after its liberation.
Persons
- Kostas Karyotakis (October 30, 1896 – July 20, 1928 in Preveza)
- Semni Karusou (about 1900 - December 8, 1994),a Greek archaeologist
External links
- http://www.tripolis.gr
- Tripoli, Arcadia's Capital (http://www.greeceathensaegeaninfo.com/p_arcadia_city_tripoli.htm)
- http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~gkt/www/tripoli.html
- Theatre Group of Arcadia (http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/thomtrip/englishpage.htm)
- http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/trip/tripoli.htm (in Greek)
- http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/intl/index.pl?noframes;read=1670
- Weather in Tripoli at http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/16710.html or http://weather.pathfinder.gr/greece/peloponisos/tripolis.html (in Greek)
- http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/ arcadia-hist/topics/bibliog.htm
- traveljournals.net - Tripoli (http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/greece/map/m1223362/monemvasia.htm)
- GTP - Tripoli (http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=8821)
- GTP - Municipality of Tripoli (http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=8820)
- Indexmundi - Tripoli (http://indexmundi.com/z/?lat=37.5088889=22.3794444&t=p&r=73480&p=tripoli&cc=gr&c=greece.htm)
| North: Levidi, Mantineia | ||
| West: Falanthos | Tripoli | East: Korythios, Korynthos |
| South: Tegea, Valtesi |
See also:
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