Amaliada
Amaliada (Greek:
Demotic: Αμαλιάδα,
Katharevousa: Αμαλιάς, Amalias) is a town in the western
Peloponnese, in
Greece. It has 32,040 citizens (of which about 18,000 live in the city and the rest lives within Amalias). It is near the archaeological site of
Elis, the
city-state whose territory was the site for the ancient
Olympic Games. It is situated on the valley of
Elis and almost directly south of the
Pineios River, 80 km from
Patras, 7 km form Savalia, 5 km from Kourouta, 20 km from
Pyrgos 291 km from
Athens and 5 km from the
Ionian sea. It is ranked the second largest city in Ilia. It is the westernmost city in the Peloponnese.
It was named after
Queen Amalia in the 1830s by merging two communes, one of them Kallitsa, into Amalias.
It features city square with beautiful pine trees and a fountain. Local streets are mainly in grid order running almost due north, south, east, and west.. On the east side, Amaliada has a lake and public stadium (largely used for soccer) .
Amaliada hospital and the monastery of
Aghia Frangavilli to its southeast. Amaliada has one train station (located west of the city square) and two in the municipal district. .
A street in Amaliada's west side is named Hiroshima in memory of the victims of
the destruction of Hiroshima at the end of
World War II. The beaches of Kourouta and Palouki are further west.
The radio station for this community is the
Radio Station of Amalias (RSA).
The soccer team which plays for the juniors or the tertiary league is
Asteras Amaliadas.
| Year | Communal population | Change | Municipal population | Change |
|---|
| 1981 | 15,248 | - |
| 1991 | 15,232 | -16/-0.10% | 26,588 | - |
| 2001 | 18,261? (downtown)/20,030 (commune) | -214/-31.3% | 32,090 | 5,502/17.14% |
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Aghios Ioannis (N)
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Kouroutas - an area containing Amaliada's closest beaches. (W)
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Marathia, also Marathea (NW)
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Krineika*
Panagia*
Palouki (WSW)
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Tsafileika*
Tsichleika*
Afgeio*
Agios Dimitrios*
Agios Ilias**
Kolokythas/Kolokithas
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Ampelokampos (Ilia), Greece*
Chavari*
Dafni**
Kalathas*
Dafniotissa*
Douneika*
Elis?, Ancient Elis and Nea Ilida
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Geraki*
Kalyvion Ilidos*
Kardamas*
Keramidia*
Kolokythas*
Kryoneri*
Peristeri*
Roviata**
Kasidiari**
Roviata Beach**
Romeika*
Savalia*
Sosti*
Ionikos (played in the first division in the 2004-05 season)
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Indexmundi - Amaliada*Coordinates:
*http://www.amaliada.gr/
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Amaliada City Web Portal - NEW- www.amaliada.net*
Η "ιαδικτυακή Πύλη της Αμαλιάδας - ΝΕΑ- www.amaliada.net*http://www.calle.com/world/GR/39/Amalias.html
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Mapquest - Amaliada - street map not yet available
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GTP - Amaliada*
GTP - Municipality of Amaliada*
traveljournals.net - Amaliada*
Communities of Ilia
