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Gortynia

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Country
  
Greece

Area
  
1,054 km²

Administrative region
  
Peloponnese

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Local time
  
Friday 10:10 AM

Regional unit
  
Arcadia

Gortynia

Weather
  
8°C, Wind NW at 3 km/h, 56% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Lousios, Water Power Museum, Υπαίθριο Μουσείο Υδροκίνησης

Gortynia (Greek: Γορτυνία) is a municipality in the Arcadia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Dimitsana. The municipality has an area of 1,050.882 km2.

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Map of Gortynia, Greece

Municipality

The municipality Gortynia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 8 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

  • Dimitsana
  • Iraia
  • Kleitor
  • Kontovazaina
  • Langadia
  • Trikolonoi
  • Tropaia
  • Vytina
  • Province

    The province of Gortynia (Greek: Επαρχία Γορτυνίας) was one of the four provinces of Arcadia Prefecture. It was abolished in 2006. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Gortynia and the municipal unit Gortyna.

    References

    Gortynia Wikipedia