Vamvakou
Vamvakou is a village in Laconia in the Peloponnese, Greece. As of 2021, it had a population of 82. It is notable as the birthplace of the parents of Stavros Niarchos and Ioannis Coumantaros who founded two of Greece's most powerful shipping dynasties.Photo: FilipposTrains, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 88 residents
- Description: village in Laconia, Greece
- Also known as: “Vamvakoú” and “Vamvaku”
- Postal code: 23067
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vresthena and Karyes.
Vresthena
Village
Vresthena is a small village in the Parnon mountains, Laconia, Greece. It is part of the municipality of Sparta. Vresthena is situated 5 km southwest of Vamvakou.
Karyes
Village
Photo: Leventia, Public domain.
Karyes is a village of the Peloponnese peninsula, which is located in the southern part of Greece. The Peloponnese is made up of a number of states and Karyes belongs to the state of Laconia in which Sparta is the capital. Karyes is situated 7 km northwest of Vamvakou.
Polydrosso
Village
Photo: Evangelos Papacharalampous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Polydrosso is a village, which is situated 8 km southeast of Vamvakou.
Vamvakou
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Sparti, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.24395° or 37° 14′ 38″ northLongitude
22.5513° or 22° 33′ 5″ eastPopulation
88Elevation
927 metres (3,041 feet)Open location code
8G946HV2+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 850624449OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
252304Wikidata ID
Q21601313
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Russian—“Vamvakou” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Vamvaku”
- Dutch: “Vamvakou, Laconia”
- Greek: “Βαμβακού Λακωνίας”
- Greek: “Βαμβακού”
- Russian: “Вамваку”
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