- Epanochori, Kefalonia
Epanochori, also Epanohori (Greek, Modern: Επανωχώριο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), Epanochorion and Epanohorion is a village located 15 km ESE of
Argostoli and about 36 km W of Poros in the community ofOmali on the island ofKefalonia . Epanochori is linked with a small road linking with theTravliata -Fragkata Road and theArgostoli-Poros Road . The village sits on the westernmost part of the Aenos range. Farmlands covers the valley areas and the plateau to the northwest. Much of the area are heavily forsted withpine s,spruce s, and other types of trees, the leafy trees dominates the west, pines to the east and grasslands elsewhere. Another valley is to the south.Much of the population are rural and the main economy is based on agriculture with business relating to restaurants, education and bars. The income is in the middle range. Much of the population from the mid-20th century left for larger towns and mainly cities. The
1953 Ionian Earthquake destroyed every building in Epanochori that took months to rebuilt. The entire population that time as well as other parts of the island were homeless and part of the population left Epanochori. The following years, Epanochori became linked with pavement in mid-2002 .Nearest places
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Michata , northwest
*Poriarata , ESEGeography and information
*Location:
**Longitude: 20.1510 (20°9'35") E
**Latitude: 38.6 (38°36") N
*Postal code: 281 00
*Elevation:
**Lowest: valley (west)
**Centre: 480 m
**Highest: eastern part
*Dialing code: +11+30-26710 (030-26710)Other
Michata has a small school, the nearest middle (lyceum) and secondary (gymnasium) schools are in Keramies, Demoutsanata has a church and a small square ("
plateia ").Historical population
External links
*Map and aerial photos:
**Streethttp://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=38.1519&longitude=20.6&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] , [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=38.1510&lons1=20.6&alts1=35 MapPoint] , [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=38.1510,20.6 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=38.15667&lon=20.6&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellitehttp://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.1510,20.6&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=38.1510|20.6&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coord|38|9|35|N|20|36|0|E|region:GR
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