- Tripotamo, Arcadia
Tripotamo (Greek, Modern: Τριπόταμο, Ancient/
Katharevousa : -n, from τρεις "tri-" three and πόταμο "potamo(s)"river . It means three rivers in Greek), older form Tripotamon is a village in the municipality ofMegalopoli in the southwestern part of the prefecture ofArcadia . It was linked by GR-7/E65 which is now bypassed and the older one became an old highway. DistancesKarytaina is about 25 km S, SW of Megalopoli, NW ofLeontari , NNE ofKalamata and NE ofKyparissia . The village was crossed by a highway, the GR-7. It also has a road connecting toIsari andVasta . The origin of the name derives from the three rivers, one of them includes the Alpheus river in which flows near a pit mine to the northeast. It also forms the communal boundary.Nearest places
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Psathi (northeast)
*Veligotses (south)
*Paradeisia (southwest)Geography
*Location:
**Latitude: 37.358 (37°21'30') N
**Longitude: 21.2098 (22°5'53') E
*Postal code: 222 00
*Elevation: 400 m
*Dialing code: +11+30-27910 (030-27910)Historical population
The village has a small school, a church and a square ("
plateia "). Its residential houses are within the road.Much of the community are forested. The mining area (pit) that is used for creating electricity since the opening of the plant is in the east and has created to form into a reservoir. Pine trees are founded in the west, grasslands and pastures in the central part and forests with other kinds of trees in the eastern part. The village has no train station. Access to the modern GR-7/
E65 is south along with the railway line.The mountains are founded in the south, west and the northwest outside Tripotamo.
Until 1927, the village was known as Dedebei (Δεδέμπεη).
Until the 1960s, the village did not have electricity and didn't had paved roads until GR-7 became paved . Until the mid-1980s, much of the houses were stone-built.
The village in the past 80 years lost by 80% while the population until 1981 lost by 60% but recovered the where the population was in the 1970s. The population lost more than half between 1991 and 2001.
External links
*http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/tripotamo.htm (in Greek)
ee also
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List of settlements in the Arcadia prefecture
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