Bonteika
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| Bouteika or Bondeika Μπουταίικα |
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| Prefecture: | Achaea |
| Province: | Patras |
| Municipality: | Movri |
| Municipal district: | Sageika |
| Location: Latitude: Longitude: |
37.065 (37° 6' 23") N 21.4415 (21° 26' 23") E |
| Population: (2001) -Settlement -Percent of the municipal district -Percent of the municipality |
170 47.39% |
| Altitude: -lowest: -centre: |
about 300 m 328 m about 600 m (south) |
| Postal code: | GR-252 00 |
| Area/distance code: | 11-(00)30-26240 |
| Car designation (as of 2006): | AX |
Bonteika, pronunciation: BOHN-dhehee-kah (Greek: Μποντέικα, formerly: Μποντάϊικα, also Μπουταίικα), formerly Bontaiika, pre-1990s, Bondeika, commonly Bouteika is a small settlement that is part of the community of Sageika in the prefecture of Achaia in Greece. It is in the western part of Movri. It's located between Lappa and Sageika on the state/national GR-9. Distance from Patras is 34 km SW and 60 km (old distance: 67 km) N of Pyrgos.
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[edit] Nearest places
The nearby villages and towns are Lappa with the community of Metochi to the west Araxos to the N, Sageika to the E and Krinos and Riolos to the S.
[edit] Geography
- Location: ||
- Postal code: 252 00
- Elevation: about 5 m
- Population: 167 (1991)
170 (2001) + 3 or +17.96% - Dialing code: 26930 - 3, (Sageika)
[edit] Information
The village is small, the nearest school is in Sageika. The central part of the village is covered with farms, forests and olive groves. By the highway, it featured a billboard.
Houses were stone-built until the 1950s and did not surpass modern-style homes until the 1980s. It was linked with pavement in the 1980s. About half are abandoned today.
After World War II and the Greek Civil War, much of the population left for larger towns and cities especially the nearby Patras. The population decline between the 1981 and the 1991 census, but it slowed the 1991 and the 2001 censuses.
[edit] Other
Its nearest school, a lyceum (middle school), a nearest school gymnasium (secondary school) and square (plateia) are in Sageika. Its nearest hospital is the Agios Andreas Hospital in eastcentral Patras.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Traveljournals.net - Bonteika
- GTP - Bonteika
- Indexmundi - Bondeika
- Map and aerial photos:
- Street map information from: Mapquest, LiveLocal or Google orYahoo! Maps
- Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
- Coordinates:
| Municipal districts of the municipality of Movri |
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| Fragka (Spaneika | Tsakonika) | Kareika (Gomosto | Karamesineika | Rachi) | Krinos | Limnochori (Kalamaki | Kato Limnochori | Paralia Kalamakiou or Kalamaki Beach) | Myrtos (Giouleila | Pournari | Sageika (Apostoloi | Bondeika or Bouteika | Gerouseika | Stathmos | Vlacheika or Vrachneika) |
| Greece | West Greece | Achaea | Patras | Movri |
