Kamara, Arcadia

Kamara (Greek: Καμάρα), also with the second aaccented is a Greek village in the southwest of the Arcadia prefecture located 11 km south of Leontari around 23 km southeast of Megalopoli, 18 km southeast from the nearest interchange with the GR-7/E65 (Kalamata - Megalopoli - Tripoli), 55 to 60 km from Kalamata, about 56 km southwest of Tripoli and northwest of Sparta. Kamara is in the municipality of Falaisia. Kamara is connected with the road connecting Leontari and Dyrrachi, it also has a road to the village of Falaisia and Kyparissia. Kamara had a 2001 population of 287 for the village and 355 for the municipal district.

ubdivisions

*Kampochori

Nearest places

*Spaneika, northeast
*Kato Gianneioi, south-southwest
*Goupata, southwest
*Tourkoleka, west
*Kampochori, north-northwest

Geography

Kamara is situated in the a valley area and are made up of forests and farmlands as well, the creek is to the west and near the village is the line of where it is mainly dry during the summer months. The mountains cover the eastern and the western portions and are made up of rocks with grasslands and bushes along with a couple of forests and grasses and bushes around the areas. The mountaintop elevations 1,197 m is to the east as well as the Laconia prefecture. Its main production are olives, citrus, fruits, vegetables and other crops, several common crops are rarely common. Its panorama includes the mountains around the area including the western, the northern, the eastern and the southern parts.

Its residential houses and buildings are within the main road and it is about 200 m long. Much of the houses were stone built until the 1960s. Electricity arrived in the same year. Vehicles arrived in the 1970s, the pavement of the main road and television arrived in the 1980s, Computers and internet along with satellite tv have become known in the beginning of the 21st century and up to date technology is increasingly available from neighboring Megalopoli.

Population

History

The village used to have a large population before the beginning of the 20th century. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the population began to decline as residents moved to larger towns and cities and outside of Greece. The population slowly declined between [1981 and 1991 and rapidly between 1991 and 2001.

Other

Kamara has a church, and a square ("plateia"), its nearest school and lyceum (middle school) and gymnasium (secondary school) are now in Megalopoli since 2005.

External links

* [http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/kamara.htm History and Information about Kamara]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=8884 Kamara GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.2045&longitude=22.195&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/map.aspx?&lats1=37.2045&longs=22.1951&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=37.2045,22.195 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=37.20457&lon=22.195&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.2045,22.195&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=37.2045|22.195&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coord|37|12|15|N|22|11|36|E|type:city(287)_region:GR

ee also

*List of settlements in the Arcadia prefecture