Soulari, Arcadia

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Soulari Σουλάρι
Statistics
Prefecture:	Arcadia
Province:	Megalopoli
Municipality:	Falaisia
Municipal district:	Soulari
Location: Latitude: Longitude:	37.3095 (37° 18' 35") N 22.179 (22° 10' 45") E
Population: (2001) -Percent of the municipality	109 3.38%
Altitude:  -lowest:  -centre:	about 400 m (east) 550 m 700 to 800 m (south)
Postal code:	GR-220 22
Area/distance code:	11-(00)30-27940
Car designation:	TP

Soulari (Greek, Modern: Σουλάριον, Katharevousa: -ον -on), older forms: Soulario and Soularion, also with the a accented is a Greek village in the Arcadia prefecture located 5 km east of Leontari around 15 km southeast of Megalopoli, 10 km southeast from the nearest interchange with the GR-7/E65 (Kalamata - Megalopoli - Tripoli), 65 km from Kalamata, about 50 km southwest of Tripoli and northwest of Sparta. Soulari is connected with the road Megalopoli-Sparta Road and has a road to Falaisia. Soulari had a population of 109 in 2001 for the village.

Contents 1 Nearest places 2 Geography 3 Population 4 History 5 Other 6 External links 7 See also

[edit] Nearest places

• Petrina, east
• Spaneika, southeast
• Falaisia, southwest
• Leontari, northwest
• Voutsara, northeast

[edit] Geography

Soilari is situated in the the Alfeios Valley and are made up of forests and farmlands as well. The mountains cover the southern portions and are made up of rocks with grasslands and bushes along with a couple of forests and grasses and bushes around the areas. The branch of the Alfeios river lies to the north. Its main production are olives, citrus, fruits, vegetables and other crops, several common crops are rarely common. Its panorama includes the mountains around the area including the northern and the eastern parts, it cannot see the Lykaio mountains to the west. The mountaintop elevating 1,197 m is to the south-southeast.

Its residential houses and buildings are within the main road and it is about 500 m long. Much of the houses were stone built until the 1960s. Electricity arrived in the same year. Vehicles arrived in the 1970s, the pavement of the main road and television arrived in the 1980s and computer and internet are rarely known in the beginning of the 21st century and up to date technology are not seen.

[edit] Population

Year	Population	Change	Percent of the municipality
1981	152	-	-
1991	61	-91 or -59.87%	-
2001	109	+48 or +78.69%	3.38%

[edit] History

The village used to have a large population before the beginning of the 20th century. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the population began to decline as residents moved to larger towns and cities and outside of Greece including North America. The population declined between 1981 and 1991 but slowly recovered in 2001.

[edit] Other

Soulari has a church, and a square (plateia), its nearest school and lyceum (middle school) and gymnasium (secondary school) are now in Megalopoli since 2005.

[edit] External links

• History and Information about Spaneika
• Soulari GTP Travel Pages
• 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: 37°18′35″N, 22°10′45″E

[edit] See also

• List of settlements in the Arcadia prefecture

v • d • e Municipal districts of the municipality of Falaisia Akovos · (Goupata) · Anavryto (Kato Anavryto) · Anemodouri · Dirahi · Ellinitsa · Falaisia · Giannaioi (Ano Giannaioi · Kato Giannaioi) · Graikos · Kamara (Kampochori) · Leontari (Gavria · Kalyvia · Kamaritsa · Kostridi) · Leptini · Neochori Falaisias · Petrina (Spaneika) · Potamia · Routsi · Skortsinos · Soulari · Tourkoleka · Veligosti · Voutsara Greece · Peloponnese · Arcadia · Megalopoli · Falaisia