Kandila
Kandila is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Levidi, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated on the southern slope of the Oligyrtos mountain, at about 800 m elevation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 714 residents
- Description: village in Arcadia, Greece
- Also known as: “Kandila, Arcadia”
- Postal code: 22004
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oligyrtos.
Oligyrtos
Peak
Oligyrtos is a mountain located at the junction of Arcadia, Corinthia and Argolis in the northeastern Peloponnese in Greece. The mountain diagonally stretches from southwest to northeast, with about 35 km length and 15 to 20 km breadth. Oligyrtos is situated 4 km north of Kandila.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alea and Skoteini.
Alea
Village
Photo: FilipposTrains, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alea is a village, which is situated 4½ km southeast of Kandila.
Skoteini
Village
Photo: FilipposTrains, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skoteini is a small village 57 kilometres northwest of the town of Argos in the Peloponnese, southern Greece. It has an area of 44 km2 and sits at an altitude of 690 meters above sea level. Skoteini is situated 5 km east of Kandila.
Palaiopyrgos
Village
Palaiopyrgos is a village in the municipal unit Levidi, Arcadia in Greece. Its mediaeval name was Bodia or Bodea. It is best known as the source of the syrtos botiakos, a popular variety of the syrtos dance. Palaiopyrgos is situated 7 km southwest of Kandila.
Kandila
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Tripoli, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.77266° or 37° 46′ 22″ northLongitude
22.38013° or 22° 22′ 49″ eastPopulation
714Elevation
769 metres (2,523 feet)Open location code
8G94Q9FJ+33OpenStreetMap ID
node 1636483949OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
261151Wikidata ID
Q6361520
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“Kandila” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kandila, Arcadia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قريه كانديلا”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كانديلا”
- French: “Kandíla”
- Greek: “Κανδήλα Αρκαδίας”
- Greek: “Κανδήλα”
- Irish: “Kandila”
- Japanese: “カンディラ”
- Russian: “Кандила”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kandila”. Photo: GreekInParis, CC BY-SA 3.0.