Karyes
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.Photo: Leventia, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 352 residents
- Description: modern village in Laconia, Greece
- Also known as: “Arahova”, “Arákhova”, and “Karies”
- Postal code: 23067
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vourvoura and Agios Petros.
Vourvoura
Village
Vourvoura is a village in the municipal unit of Skiritida, Tripoli, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated in the northwestern part of the Parnon mountains, at 1,000 m above sea level. Vourvoura is situated 5 km north of Karyes.
Agios Petros
Village
Photo: Αρκάς, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agios Petros is a mountain village and a community in the municipality of North Kynouria in southeastern Arcadia, Greece. It is considered a traditional settlement. Agios Petros is situated 6 km northeast of Karyes.
Vamvakou
Village
Photo: FilipposTrains, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Vamvakou is situated 7 km southeast of Karyes.
Karyes
- Category: locality
- Location: Sparti, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.29168° or 37° 17′ 30″ northLongitude
22.50064° or 22° 30′ 2″ eastPopulation
352Elevation
894 metres (2,933 feet)Open location code
8G947GR2+M7OpenStreetMap ID
node 850624446OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
260956Wikidata ID
Q1051038
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Karyes” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كاريي، لاكونيا”
- Arabic: “كاريي”
- Catalan: “Càries”
- Cebuano: “Kariaí”
- Chinese: “卡如埃”
- Chinese: “卡耶”
- Dutch: “Karyes”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاريس”
- Finnish: “Karyés”
- French: “Karyes”
- Greek: “Karyaí”
- Greek: “Karyés”
- Greek: “Αράχοβα Λακωνίας”
- Greek: “Αράχωβα Λακωνίας”
- Greek: “Καρυαί”
- Greek: “Καρυές Λακωνίας”
- Greek: “Καρυές”
- Greek: “Κοινότητα Καρυών”
- Irish: “Karyes”
- Italian: “Karyes”
- Japanese: “カリエス (ギリシャ)”
- Japanese: “カリエス (ラコニア県)”
- Japanese: “カリュアイ”
- Macedonian: “Орахово”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Karyes”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karyés i Lakonía”
- Norwegian: “Karyes”
- Russian: “Карье”
- Slovak: “Karyes”
- Slovenian: “Karies Lakonias”
- Slovenian: “Karies”
- Slovenian: “Καρυές Λακωνίας”
- Spanish: “Carias”
- Swedish: “Kariaí”
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