Tragano

Infobox Greek Dimos
name = Tragano
name_local = Τραγανό


periph = West Greece
prefec = Elis
province = Elis
population = 3361
population_as_of = 2001
population_ref = [http://www.statistics.gr/gr_tables/S1101_SAP_1_TB_DC_01_03_Y.pdf source]
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elevation = 5
lat_deg = 37
lat_min = 54
lat_hem = N
lon_deg = 21
lon_min = 19
lon_hem = E
postal_code = 270 57
area_code = 26230
licence = ΗΑ
mayor =
website =


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Tragano (Greek, Modern: Τραγανό, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on, not to be confused with "trachana"), older forms Traganon is a town and a municipality in the northern part of the prefecture of Ilia in the western Peloponnese. GR-9/E55 (Patras - Pyrgos) is 3 km E (old: 4 km) and is linked with a road connecting Andravida and Olga along with Borsi and Markopopulo and down to Agia Mavra, Roupaki and Amaliada. It is located 4 km E of Andravida, 68 km (old: 69 km) SW of Patras, W of Borsi and the Pineios River Dam, about 2 km NW of Agia Mavra, about 12 km NW of Amaliada, 35 km NW of Pyrgos, 33 km NW of the Pyrgos By-Pass, 4 km E of Andravida and 17 km (old: 19 km) E of Kyllini.

ubdivisions

*Markopoulo (pop: 169)
*Olga (pop: 188)
*Pigadi (pop: 47)

Communities and subdivisions

*Agia Mavra (pop: 550)
*Simiza (pop: 123)
*Tragano

Nearest places

*Andravida, W
*Andravida Military Airport, NW
*Agios Georgios, WSW
*Markopoulo, W
*Agia Mavra, S
*Stafidokampos, SW

Historical population

Much of the population live inside the town. The rest live in a few communities.

Tragano has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, a church, a post office, and a square ("plateia") which is situated in the centre.

The area are made up of forests in the north and bounding with the airport in the northwest especially the municipal border with Andravida. Farmlands lie around town and especially to the north and groves are situated in the southwest and southeast with a few forests. The hills lie to the east and has forests and farms lying to the east. The military airport is 7 km SE and 4.7 km SE directly.

ee also

*List of settlements in the Elis prefecture

External links

*Map and aerial photos
** [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.896&longitude=21.418&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest]
** [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=21.418&lat=37.896&w=750&h=500 Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver] map data now available

*Coordinates: coord|37|53|42|N|21|18|48|E|region:GR

	North: Lechaina
West: Andravida	Tragano	East: Lechaina and Amaliada
	South: Gastouni