Tsagkarada

Tsagkarada, older form Tsangarada, rarely Tsagarada (Greek: Τσαγκαράδα), is a village that is part of the municipality of Mouresi and serves the seat of this municipality while the village of the same municipal name is to the northwest and is second in municipal population. It is in the eastern part of Magnesia in the prefecture of the same name in Greece. It sits on the slopes of the Pelio mountains. Tsagkarada is located southeast of Zagora, north of Agios Lavrentios and about 55 km east of the city of Volos (Magnesia's capital). Tsagkarada is linked with the road linking with Agios Lavrentios and near Zagora. It stretches from north to south as well as residential buildings and are surrounded by forests as well. Its population in 2001 was 710 and 784 for its municipal district which includes Mylopotamos (Magnesia), Greece. The altitude is 450 meters. It offers a view of the Aegean Sea to the northeast. The area around Tsagkarada are made up of forest to the east and the west while the extreme west features grasslands and the top of mount Pilio. The village was featured in a documentary about Mouresi as well as "Traveling in Greece".

ubdivision

*Mylopotamos (Magnisia), Greece|Mylopotamos (2001 pop: 74)

Nearest places

*Mouresi, northwest

Information

The village features church, four scenic square in homonymous sections of the village with a tree, historic buildings and a cultural centre?. A school built in the area was funded in the late-1990s for the students around the municipality. Its nearest beach lies to the east. It also features an arched bridge, cobbled streets, a thousand-year-old pine tree and more.

Business

Its main business are agriculture with some shops and services in the area. Farmlands are not far from the village.

Population

Other

Tsagkarada has a school, a lyceum, a post office and squares ("plateies").

External links

* [http://www.felitsia.gr Apartments Felitsia Accommodation / Studios Pelion (in English and Greek)
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=13055 Tsagkarada on GTP Travel Pages] (in English and Greek)
* [http://www.dimosmouresiou.gr/tsagarada.asp Tsagkarada on its (Mouresi) municipal homepage]
*http://www.pelion.org/tsangarada/index.asp, [http://www.pelion.com.gr/photo/greek/tsagarada/tsagarada.htm in Greek]
*http://www.skopelos.net/pelion/tsagarada.htm
*http://www.oreivatein.com/page/mountains/p/pilio/e_pilio_dia.htm
*http://delboy85.tripod.com/pelion/id8.html
* [http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Greece/photo454244.htm TrekEarth Photos of Tsagkarada]
* [http://www.ert.gr/menoumellada/tourdetails.asp?id=1839 - "Travelling in Greece" ("Menoume Ellada") on Tsagkarada shown on its episode]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=38.17&longitude=21.4845&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] , [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=38.17&lons1=21.4845&alts1=35 MapPoint] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=38.17,21.4845 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=38.17&lon=21.4845&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.17,21.4845&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=38.17|21.4845&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coord|38|10|16|N|21|30|0|E|type:city(710)_region:GR

ee also

*List of settlements in the Magnesia prefecture