Local time Sunday 4:26 AM Administrative region Western Greece Regional unit Elis | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Municipality Olympia Municipal unit Olympia | |
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Pelopio (Greek: Πελόπιο, before 1928: Κριεκούκι - Kriekouki) is a settlement in the municipality of Ancient Olympia, Elis, Greece. Pelopio is 3 km east of Smila, 4 km northwest of Olympia and 5 km southwest of Chelidoni. The Greek National Road 74 (Pyrgos - Tripoli) passes south of the village. Pelopio had a population of 976 in 2011.
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Map of Pelopio 270 65, Greece
History
The village was founded in the 15th century during the Ottoman rule. It was founded by Turkish-Albanians who named it originally "Kriekouki" which means "red head" in their language. In 1928 it was renamed to Pelopio after Pelops, the mythical king of Pisa. Pelopio suffered damage from the 2007 Greek forest fires and from a tornado on 3 November 2009.
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Pelopio Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA