Arcadia Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
- This article is about Arcadia the region in Greece, for other meanings, see: Arcadia (disambiguation)
| Statistics | ||
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| Capital: | Tripoli | |
| Area: | 4,419km²
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| Inhabitants: | 103,840(1991), (2001)
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| Pop. density: | approx. 23.5/km² 2001 | |
| ISO 3166-2: | GR-12 | |
| Car designation: | TP (Tripoli) | |
| Number of municipalities | 22 | |
| Number of independent communes: | 1 | |
| Code for the municipalities | 05xx | |
| Area codes in Greece: | 11+30-2710 (Tripoli) -279x0 (west) 275x0 (east) | |
| Name of inhabitants | Arcadian | |
| Postal code: | 22x xx | |
| Website: | Homepage of Arcadia | |
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| Table of contents |
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2 History 3 Population 4 Communications 5 Provinces 6 Municipalities 7 Communities 8 Arcadia in mythology and the arts 9 See also 10 External links |
Modern Arcadia
Arcadia's present-day capital is in Tripoli. It is the largest prefecture on the peninsula. It currently covers about 18% of the entire peninsula, although it once extended to about 20 to 25% of the peninsula.
The prefecture has a skiing resort on Mount Maenalus. Arcadia is linked by the GR-7, E65 freeway, which was extended after 1997 and in 2003, NW to SE and nearly forms in the southwest, the end of the freeway. A nuclear and coal power station which produces electricity for most of southern Greece is powered from south of Megalopolis along with a coal mine and a power plant.
Arcadia has two tunnels. The first to open was the Artemisio Tunnel, and the other is the tunnel east of Megalopolis; both connect traffic from Messenia and Athens.
The chief cities and communities in this prefecture are Tripoli, Astros, Vytina, Dimitsaina, Langadi, Leonidi, Leontari, Levidi, Megalopoli and Stremnitsa.
In agriculture, potato farms, mixed farming, olive groves, and pasture dominates the plains of Arcadia, especially in the area around Megalopolis and from within Tripoli up to Levidi.
The only skiing resort is the Mainalon, located about 20 km NW of Tripoli.
It is the home of Theodoros Kolokotronis who was a soldier that fought for Greece.
History
In the 20th century, most of the population loss was result in emigration mostly to the Americas. Most of the population of its villages almost dropped by half, and was expected to transform Arcadian villages into ghost towns. The population has now less than Corinthia. It was expected that its population was going to cut in half from 1951 in the early 21st century.
In the mid to late 20th century, a power plant began operating.
This exludes the independent commune of Kosmas (municipal code: 0511, postal code: 230 58) where the seat is Geraki.
In 1993, Tom Stoppard wrote an acclaimed play with this title, referring to the sense of classical beauty and order associated with Arcadia.
Population
Communications
Television
Provinces
Arcadia has 4 provinces:
Municipalities
Name of municipality
Municipal code
Seat
Postal code
Apollonas
0501
Tyros
220 29
Dimitsana
0506
Dimitsana
220 07
Falanthos
0523
Davia
221 00
Falaisia
0522
Leontari
220 21
Gortynia
0505
Karytaina
220 22
Irea
0507
Paloumpa
220 28
Klitoros
0508
Amygdala
220 14
Kontovazena
0509
Kontovazena
220 15
Korynthos
0510
Korynthos
221 00
Lagadia
0512
Lagkadia
220 03
Leonidi
0514
Leonidi
223 00
Levidi
0513
Levidi
220 02
Maintineia
0515
Nestani
220 05
Megalopoli
0516
Megalopoli
222 00
Skyritida
0517
Vlachokerasea
220 16
Tegea
0518
Stadio
220 12
Trikolones
0519
Stemnitsa
220 24
Tripoli
0520
Tripoli
221 00
Tropaia
0521
Tropaia
220 08
Valtesi
0502
Kato Asea
220 27
North Kynouria
0503
Astros
220 01
Vytina
0504
Vytina
220 10
Communities
For more communities, see Communities of ArcadiaArcadia in mythology and the arts
According to Greek mythology, Pan the shepherd goat lived there. The Roman poet Virgil was inspired by the Greek myths when he wrote his Eclogues, a series of poems set in Arcadia. As a result of the influence of Virgil in medieval European literature (see, for example, The Divine Comedy), Arcadia became a symbol of pastoral simplicity. The theme was often revisited by European Renaissance writers (for instance, the Spanish poet Garcilaso de la Vega), and the name was given to any idyllic location or paradise. Unlike the word utopia (named for Thomas More's book, Utopia), Arcadia'' does not carry the connotation of a humanly designed civilization.See also
Golden Age, millennialism, and the painting Et in Arcadia ego.