Kolaitis

Kolaitis (Greek: Κολαίτης) is a small village in the island of Kefalonia, Greece. Its 2001 population was 42 for the village.

Nearest places

*Markopoulo, southeast
*Chionata, south
*Valeriano, south
*Atsoupades, west
*Arginia, north

Population

Location and transportation

Kolaitis is located south of Sami, about 30 km west of Poros and about 30 km east of Argostoli. Arginia is connected with the Argostoli-Poros Road which is nearly 1 km to the north. It has a road to Kapandriti, Xenopoulo and Andriolata some 8 km north.

The village has about 2 km of paved road and about 5 to 6 km of gravel road. It has about 4 km of hydro lines.

Geography

Its geography are mountainous and are made up of farmlands. It sits on a mountain slope, the area are mainly deforested. Farmlands are within the village.

History

Kolaitis was ruled by the Venetians until the Napoleonic Wars when it was French mostly throughout, it was briefly Russian and Ottoman with autonomous administration, and again French, after the invasion until 1864, it became a part of Britain with its possession, the United States of the Ionian Islands until it finally ceded to Greece. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, some of its buildings were rebuilt. Kolaiti was dramatically devastated by the 1953 Ionian Earthquake and took a few years to rebuild with modern architecture and a disappearance of stone built houses. Arginia became connected with asphalt in the 1970s. More pavement was accessed in the 1990s. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid-20th century, television in the late-20th century and computer and internet at the turn of the millennium.

Panorama

Kolaitis offers a view of the Ionian Sea and the slope area along with the southern Mount Ainos and the southern part of the island, the lower portion is blocked including the villages of Valeriano, Chionata and Thiramonas and can rarely be seen. It overlooks the northern part of the island of Zakynthos and mount Vrachionas.

Economy

Its main economy is agriculture, its main production includes olives, cattle, fruits, vegetables and other crops, the village has about 100 to 200 farms in the area.

Other

Kolaitis has a church, and a square ("plateia"). Its nearest school is in Arginia and its gymnasium (middle school), lyceum (secondary school) are in Poros or Pessada?.

ee also

*List of places in the Kefalonia prefecture

External links

* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=6297 Kolaitis at the GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=38.0876&longitude=20.719&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/mapz.aspx?&lats1=38.0876&longs=20.719&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=38.0876,20.719 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=38.076&lon=20.719&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
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*Coordinates: coord|38|5|17|N|29|43|8|E|type:city(309)_region:GR