Panagitsa, Arcadia

Panagitsa ( _el. Παναγίτσα), also Panaghitsa, older form: Panayitsa is a community located at the 120th km of GR-33 in the municipality of Levidi in the northern part of the prefecture of Arcadia. It is located about 5 km north of GR-74. Distance from Patras is around 120 km SE, about 15 km NW of Levidi and NW of Tripoli, about 15 km NE of Vytina and E of Pyrgos. Northwest of the community is the boundary with Achaea.

Nearest places

*Sella
*Dara (northeast)
*Drakavouni (west)
*Komi (east)
*Levidi (southeast)
*Nymfasia (south)
*Magouliana? (southeast)

Geography

*Location:
**Latitude: 37.765 (37°45'56') N
**Longitude: 22.221 (22°13'15) E
*Postal code: 220 17
*Elevation: 540 m
*Dialing code: +30-27960

Its geography are mainly consists of forests within the valley, grasslands and barren land dominates the area. The mountains covers the western and the eastern parts and a stream is by the village. Farmlands are within the village and the valley area.

Historical population:

The population from the mid to late 20th century suffered a great loss due to emigration from the village. If the trend continued, the area may become a ghost town.

Information

Its main industry are agriculture.

Its main production are olives, citrus, fruits, vegetables and other crops, several common crops are rarely common. The village can be seen as far as to the north and east.

Panagitsa has several rural roads and approximately 6 km of hydro lines and roads.

Its residential houses and buildings are within the main road and it is about 200 to 300 m long wide at the centre. Much of the houses were stone built until the 1970s. Electricity arrived in the same year. Vehicles arrived in the 1970s, the pavement of the main road and television arrived in the 1980s and computer and internet are rarely known in the beginning of the 21st century and up to date technology are not seen.

Other

Panagitsa has a small school, a church and a ("plateia"). Forests especially with pine trees almost surrounds the village and a river flows west of the small village. Mountains entirely surround the village.

ee also

*List of settlements in the Arcadia prefecture

External links

* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?tb=1&city=Panagitsa&country=GR Mapquest - Panagitsa]
* [http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/panagitsa.htm University of Patras on Panagitsa]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=8786 GTP - Panagitsa]
* [http://indexmundi.com/z/?lat=37.76666667=21.21666667&t=p&r=8240&p=panayitsa&cc=gr&c=greece.htm Indexmundi - Panagitsa]