Lefkasio

Infobox Greek Dimos
name = Lefkasio
name_local = Λευκάσιο


periph = West Greece
prefec = Achaea
province =
population = 3892
population_ref = [http://www.statistics.gr/gr_tables/S1101_SAP_1_TB_DC_01_03_Y.pdf source]
population_as_of = 2001
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elevation = 548
lat_deg = 37
lat_min = 53
lat_hem = N
lon_deg = 22
lon_min = 7
lon_hem = E
postal_code = 250 07
area_code = 26920
licence = ΑΧ
mayor =
website =


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Lefkasio ( _el. Λευκάσιο) is a municipality in the south-eastern part of the Achaea prefecture, Greece. Its seat of administartion is the village Kleitoria, also Klitoria (Greek: Κλειτωρία) (historically a part of Arcadia), near the site of the ancient village of Kleitor. Kleitoria is divided into Ano Kleitoria and Kato Kleitoria. Nestani since the 1980s is linked with the Kalavryta-Pagkrati Road linking with GR-33 and Kalamata as well as the Cave Lakes. The mountains with rocks, grasslands and some forests surround Kleitoria and is situated in a valley. Farmlands are mainly in valley areas.

Municipal districts

*Agios Nikolaos
*Ano Kleitoria
*Arbouna
**Kalamaki
*Drymos or Drimos
**Kato Drimos (formerly Palaiokatouna or Paleokatouna)
*Filia
**Agioi Theodoroi
**Kalyvia
**Zevgolatio
**"Chania"
**"Kynigari" or "Kinigari"
**"Kouveliza"
**"Vila"
*Glastra
**Agios Vlassios
*Kastelli
*Kastria
*Kleitoras
*Krinofyta, Achaea
*Lefkasi
*Lykouria
**Kerassia
**Spilia (Σπηλιά), abandoned
*Pagkrati
**Pagkrataiika Kalyvia
**Sella
**Steno
*Planitero
*Tourlada

Historical population

Other

Kleitoria has a school, a lyceum, a church, a post office, banks and a small square ("plateia").

External links

* [http://www.sematopia.com/?p=24 Google Earth screen shots of Nestani]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=3404 Greek Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=22.11205&longitude=37.87533&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] , [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=22.11205&lons1=37.608667&alts1=35 MapPoint] , [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=22.11205,37.687533 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=37.608667&lon=22.87533&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.608667,22.87533&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=37.87533|22.11205&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available

ee also

*List of settlements in the Achaea prefecture

External links

* [http://www.hellashome.com Lefkasio]

	North: Kalavryta	Northeast: Aigeira
West: Aroania	Lefkasio	East: Korinthia prefecture
Southwest: Paio	South: Kleitoras	Southeast: Levidi