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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82)" title="Илия (област) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Илия (област)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitat_perif%C3%A8rica_d%27%C3%88lide" title="Unitat perifèrica d'Èlide – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Unitat perifèrica d'Èlide" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nom%C3%B3s_Ile%C3%ADas" title="Nomós Ileías – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Nomós Ileías" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lida_(region%C3%A1ln%C3%AD_jednotka)" title="Élida (regionální jednotka) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Élida (regionální jednotka)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elis_(regional_enhed)" title="Elis (regional enhed) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Elis (regional enhed)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elis_(Regionalbezirk)" title="Elis (Regionalbezirk) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Elis (Regionalbezirk)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ile%C3%ADa_piirkonna%C3%BCksus" title="Ileía piirkonnaüksus – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ileía piirkonnaüksus" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%BF%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%97%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Νομός Ηλείας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Νομός Ηλείας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lide" title="Élide – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Élide" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elide_(unitate_erregionala)" title="Elide (unitate erregionala) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Elide (unitate erregionala)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lide" title="Élide – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Élide" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%BC%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%84%ED%98%84" title="일리아현 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="일리아현" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefektura_Elida" title="Prefektura Elida – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Prefektura Elida" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elide_(unit%C3%A0_periferica)" title="Elide (unità periferica) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Elide (unità periferica)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A1_(%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9F)" title="אליס (יוון) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אליס (יוון)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="ელისი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ელისი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elis_(nomus_Graeciae)" title="Elis (nomus Graeciae) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Elis (nomus Graeciae)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%C4%ABdas_nome" title="Elīdas nome – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Elīdas nome" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilia_(periferie-district)" title="Ilia (periferie-district) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ilia (periferie-district)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E7%9C%8C" title="イリア県 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="イリア県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilia" title="Ilia – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Ilia" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il%C3%ADa" title="Ilía – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Ilía" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilia" title="Ilia – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Ilia" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jednostka_regionalna_Elida" title="Jednostka regionalna Elida – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Jednostka regionalna Elida" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lida" title="Élida – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Élida" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectura_Elida" title="Prefectura Elida – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Prefectura Elida" data-language-autonym="Română" 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.ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Elis</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="el"><small>Περιφερειακή ενότητα</small><br />Ηλείας</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">Regional unit</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2010_Dimi_Ilias_numbered.svg" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Greece_location_map.svg/270px-Greece_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Greece_location_map.svg/405px-Greece_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Greece_location_map.svg/540px-Greece_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1003" data-file-height="825" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:58.554%;left:22.222%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Elis"><img alt="Elis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nomos_Ilias.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Nomos_Ilias.png/250px-Nomos_Ilias.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Nomos_Ilias.png/375px-Nomos_Ilias.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Nomos_Ilias.png/500px-Nomos_Ilias.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="679" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Elis&params=37_40_N_21_30_E_region:GR-14_type:city(149896)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°40′N</span> <span class="longitude">21°30′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.667°N 21.500°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">37.667; 21.500</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Greece" title="Regions of Greece">Administrative region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Western_Greece" title="Western Greece">Western Greece</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pyrgos,_Elis" title="Pyrgos, Elis">Pyrgos</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,618 km<sup>2</sup> (1,011 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-census21_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census21-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">149,896</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">57/km<sup>2</sup> (150/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Summer_Time" title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Greece" title="Postal codes in Greece">Postal code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">27x xx</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Greece" title="Telephone numbers in Greece">Area code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">262x0</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Greece" title="Vehicle registration plates of Greece">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">ΗΑ</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pde.gov.gr/gr/">www<wbr />.pde<wbr />.gov<wbr />.gr<wbr />/gr<wbr />/</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Elis</b> also known as <b>Ellis</b> or <b>Ilia</b> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Ηλεία</span>, <i>Ileia</i>) is a historic region in the western part of the <a href="/wiki/Peloponnese" title="Peloponnese">Peloponnese</a> peninsula of <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>. It is administered as a <a href="/wiki/Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">regional unit</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Modern_regions_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern regions of Greece">modern region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Western_Greece" title="Western Greece">Western Greece</a>. Its capital is <a href="/wiki/Pyrgos,_Elis" title="Pyrgos, Elis">Pyrgos</a>. Until <a href="#2011_reform">2011</a> it was Elis Prefecture, covering the same territory. </p><p>The modern regional unit is nearly coterminous with the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Elis" title="Ancient Elis">ancient Elis</a> of the classical period. Here lie the ancient ruins of cities of <a href="/wiki/Elis_(city)" title="Elis (city)">Elis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epitalion" class="mw-redirect" title="Epitalion">Epitalion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Olympia,_Greece" title="Olympia, Greece">Olympia</a>, known for the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games" title="Ancient Olympic Games">ancient Olympic Games</a> which started in 776 BC. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The northernmost point of Elis is 38° 06'N, the westernmost is 22° 12′E, the southernmost is 37° 18′N, and the easternmost is 21° 54′E. The length from north to south is 100 km (62 mi), and from east-to-west is around 55 km (34 mi). </p><p>The modern regional unit is not completely congruent with <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Elis" title="Ancient Elis">ancient Elis</a>: <a href="/wiki/Lampeia" title="Lampeia">Lampeia</a> belonged to ancient <a href="/wiki/Arcadia_(ancient_region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcadia (ancient region)">Arcadia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kalogria,_Achaea" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalogria, Achaea">Kalogria</a> is now part of <a href="/wiki/Achaea" title="Achaea">Achaea</a>. </p><p>The longest river is the <a href="/wiki/Alfeios" title="Alfeios">Alfeios</a>. Other rivers are the <a href="/wiki/Erymanthos_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Erymanthos River">Erymanthos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pineios_River_(Peloponnese)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pineios River (Peloponnese)">Pineios</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neda_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Neda River">Neda</a>. Alfeios, Pineios and Neda flow into the <a href="/wiki/Ionian_Sea" title="Ionian Sea">Ionian Sea</a> in Elis. Less than 1% of the prefecture is open water, most of it found in artificial reservoirs and dams, in the north and east. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pineios_Dam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pineios Dam (page does not exist)">Pineios Dam</a> supplies water for Northern Elis. The water is not safe for drinking, because it contains some <a href="/wiki/Contaminant" class="mw-redirect" title="Contaminant">contaminants</a>. A second, smaller reservoir in the river Alfeios near <a href="/wiki/Olympia,_Greece" title="Olympia, Greece">Olympia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Krestena" title="Krestena">Krestena</a> supplies water to Pyrgos. </p><p>The eastern part of the regional unit is forested, with mostly <a href="/wiki/Pine" title="Pine">pine</a> trees in the south. There are forest preserves in <a href="/wiki/Foloi" title="Foloi">Foloi</a> and the mountain ranges of Eastern Elis. In the north is the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Strofylia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Strofylia (page does not exist)">Strofylia</a> forest which has pine trees. Mountain ranges include <a href="/wiki/Movri" title="Movri">Movri</a> (around 720 m or 2,400 ft), <a href="/wiki/Lampeia" title="Lampeia">Divri</a> (around 1500 m), <a href="/wiki/Minthe" title="Minthe">Minthe</a> (around 1100 m), and more. </p><p>About one-third of the land is fertile; the rest is mountainous and not suitable for crops. Swamplands used to cover 1–1.5% of the region, especially in the <a href="/wiki/Samiko,_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Samiko, Greece">Samiko</a> area. Most of them have been drained for agricultural purposes; only 10 km² (4 sq miles) has been kept and is now protected. </p><p>Here lie the ancient ruins of <a href="/wiki/Elis_(city)" title="Elis (city)">Elis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epitalion" class="mw-redirect" title="Epitalion">Epitalion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Olympia,_Greece" title="Olympia, Greece">Olympia</a>, known for the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games" title="Ancient Olympic Games">ancient Olympic Games</a> which started in 776 BC. There is a museum with statues that relate to the history of Olympia. Another museum is in Elis, but it is very small. Monasteries are scattered around the region. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elis has a <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_climate" title="Mediterranean climate">Mediterranean climate</a>, with hot, sunny summers. Temperatures over 40 °C have been recorded. The mountainous interior is colder, and snow covers the mountains in winter. Elis is more humid than the eastern Peloponnese. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Natural_disasters">Natural disasters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Natural disasters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elis is located in a <a href="/wiki/Seismology" title="Seismology">seismically</a> active zone, and there are several <a href="/wiki/Earthquake" title="Earthquake">earthquakes</a> each year. Some of the most significant earthquakes to have hit the area are: </p> <ul><li>1909: earthquake in <a href="/wiki/Chavari" title="Chavari">Chavari</a></li> <li>1910: earthquake in <a href="/wiki/Vartholomio" title="Vartholomio">Vartholomio</a></li> <li>1920: earthquake in <a href="/wiki/Kastro-Kyllini" title="Kastro-Kyllini">Kyllini</a></li> <li>1953: <a href="/wiki/1953_Ionian_earthquake" title="1953 Ionian earthquake">Ionian earthquake</a>, minor damage in Elis</li> <li>2008: 8 June <a href="/wiki/2008_Peloponnese_earthquake" title="2008 Peloponnese earthquake">Peloponnese earthquake</a>, 2 deaths;<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> hundreds of damaged homes and buildings were reported in Lechaina, Amaliada and Vartholomio</li></ul> <p>Rainy weather in 2002-2003 caused destruction of villages by mudslides, and some bridges and roads were also cut off. In February 2008, frost devastated many crops in <a href="/wiki/Manolada" title="Manolada">Manolada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nea_Manolada" title="Nea Manolada">Nea Manolada</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kounoupeli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kounoupeli (page does not exist)">Kounoupeli</a>. </p><p>In August 2007, there were enormous <a href="/wiki/2007_Greek_forest_fires" title="2007 Greek forest fires">forest fires</a> which led to tens of deaths and a massive environmental and economic disaster. The final toll for the prefecture was: 45 dead, 100,000 affected<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (January 2017)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> by the fire, 3,500 left homeless by the fire, 25,000 dead animals, 8,500 hectares of burnt forests, 2,300 hectares of burnt farmland.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The archaeological site of <a href="/wiki/Olympia,_Greece" title="Olympia, Greece">Olympia</a> was seriously threatened, but not damaged. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regional unit Elis is subdivided into 7 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):<sup id="cite_ref-Kallikratis_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kallikratis-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olympia,_Greece" title="Olympia, Greece">Ancient Olympia</a> (4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andravida-Kyllini" title="Andravida-Kyllini">Andravida-Kyllini</a> (6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andritsaina-Krestena" title="Andritsaina-Krestena">Andritsaina-Krestena</a> (3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilida_(municipality)" title="Ilida (municipality)">Ilida</a> (2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pineios_(municipality)" title="Pineios (municipality)">Pineios</a> (7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyrgos,_Elis" title="Pyrgos, Elis">Pyrgos</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zacharo" title="Zacharo">Zacharo</a> (5)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011_reform">2011 reform</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2011 reform"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a part of the 2011 <a href="/wiki/Kallikratis_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kallikratis Plan">Kallikratis government reform</a>, the regional unit Elis was created out of the former <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Greece" title="Prefectures of Greece">prefecture</a> Elis (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Νομός Ηλείας</span>). The prefecture had the same territory as the present regional unit. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below.<sup id="cite_ref-Kallikratis_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kallikratis-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>New municipality</th> <th>Old municipalities</th> <th>Seat </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympia,_Greece" title="Olympia, Greece">Ancient Olympia</a><br />(<i>Archaia Olympia</i>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Olympia,_Greece" title="Olympia, Greece">Archaia Olympia</a></td> <td rowspan="4">Archaia Olympia </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lampeia" title="Lampeia">Lampeia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lasiona,_Elis" title="Lasiona, Elis">Lasiona</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Foloi" title="Foloi">Foloi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Andravida-Kyllini" title="Andravida-Kyllini">Andravida-Kyllini</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andravida" title="Andravida">Andravida</a></td> <td rowspan="4">Lechaina </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vouprasia" title="Vouprasia">Vouprasia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kastro-Kyllini" title="Kastro-Kyllini">Kastro-Kyllini</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lechaina" title="Lechaina">Lechaina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Andritsaina-Krestena" title="Andritsaina-Krestena">Andritsaina-Krestena</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andritsaina" title="Andritsaina">Andritsaina</a></td> <td rowspan="3">Krestena </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alifeira" title="Alifeira">Alifeira</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Skillounta" title="Skillounta">Skillounta</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ilida_(municipality)" title="Ilida (municipality)">Ilida</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amaliada" title="Amaliada">Amaliada</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Amaliada </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pineia" title="Pineia">Pineia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Pineios_(municipality)" title="Pineios (municipality)">Pineios</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gastouni" title="Gastouni">Gastouni</a></td> <td rowspan="4">Gastouni </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kavasila,_Elis" title="Kavasila, Elis">Kavasila</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vartholomio" title="Vartholomio">Vartholomio</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tragano" title="Tragano">Tragano</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Pyrgos,_Elis" title="Pyrgos, Elis">Pyrgos</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pyrgos,_Elis" title="Pyrgos, Elis">Pyrgos</a></td> <td rowspan="4">Pyrgos </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Volakas,_Elis" title="Volakas, Elis">Volakas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Iardanos" title="Iardanos">Iardanos</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oleni" title="Oleni">Oleni</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Zacharo" title="Zacharo">Zacharo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zacharo" title="Zacharo">Zacharo</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Zacharo </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Figaleia" title="Figaleia">Figaleia</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Provinces">Provinces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Provinces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before 2006, Elis was divided into two <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Greece" title="Provinces of Greece">provinces</a>: <a href="/wiki/Elis_Province" title="Elis Province">Elis Province</a> and <a href="/wiki/Olympia_Province" title="Olympia Province">Olympia Province</a>. Elis Province contained <a href="/wiki/Hollow_Elis" title="Hollow Elis">Hollow</a> or Lowland Elis and the northern part of <a href="/wiki/Pisa_(Greece)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pisa (Greece)">Pisatis</a>. It was the smallest, but most populous of the two provinces. The seat was <a href="/wiki/Pyrgos,_Elis" title="Pyrgos, Elis">Pyrgos</a>. Olympia Province contained most of Pisatis and <a href="/wiki/Triphylia" title="Triphylia">Triphylia</a>. Its seat was <a href="/wiki/Andritsaina" title="Andritsaina">Andritsaina</a>, in the mountains; <a href="/wiki/Krestena" title="Krestena">Krestena</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zacharo" title="Zacharo">Zacharo</a> were the largest towns in the province. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elis is the third most populous regional unit of the Peloponnese, after <a href="/wiki/Achaea" title="Achaea">Achaea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Messenia" title="Messenia">Messenia</a>. Between 70% and 75% of the population live on fertile lands away from the mountains. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1940<sup id="cite_ref-census1940_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census1940-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">186,945</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961<sup id="cite_ref-census1961_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census1961-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">188,861</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981<sup id="cite_ref-census1981_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census1981-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">217,371</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+15.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1991<sup id="cite_ref-elstat_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elstat-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">174,287</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−19.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2001<sup id="cite_ref-elstat_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elstat-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">183,521</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+5.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011<sup id="cite_ref-elstat_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elstat-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">159,300</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−13.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2021<sup id="cite_ref-census21_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census21-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">149,896</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−5.9%</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The population of ancient Elis (from 1000–1 BC) was in the range of 5,000 to 10,000 and reached 10,000 or 20,000 by 1 BC.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The population reached 217,000 around 1981, but has been declining since. Pyrgos became the largest city having the population over the 10,000 mark in the mid-20th century, and above 20,000 in the late 1980s. The population in the northwest is growing while the population is declining in the southeast and east. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The primary source of agriculture is corn, tomatoes, potatoes, green peppers, livestock, watermelon, melon and some vegetables. There are 3 major operating tomato factories in Savalia (<a href="/wiki/Kyknos_S.A." title="Kyknos S.A.">Kyknos</a>), Gastouni (<a href="/wiki/Pelargos" title="Pelargos">Pelargos</a>), and north of Andravida (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asteris&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asteris (page does not exist)">Asteris</a>). The most fertile land in Peloponnese is the plain that covers the northern part of Elis and the adjacent part of Achaea. </p><p>Textiles used to be dominant in business from antiquity until the Middle Ages. In the 1950s, agriculture was the dominant occupation, except in the towns <a href="/wiki/Amaliada" title="Amaliada">Amaliada</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pyrgos,_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Pyrgos, Greece">Pyrgos</a>. Currently, one third of jobs in Elis is in the agricultural sector. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fishing">Fishing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Fishing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Squid_as_food" title="Squid as food">Squid</a>, and all types of fish are common in the waters of Elis. Fishing is mainly done in the southeastern <a href="/wiki/Ionian_Sea" title="Ionian Sea">Ionian Sea</a> and in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bay_of_Patras&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bay of Patras (page does not exist)">Bay of Patras</a>. Most of the production is sent into Patras, some into Athens, some elsewhere in the world (with small production) and some into the local markets of Elis from Kyllini and Katakolo. Overfishing is a problem north of Lechaina. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Classical_antiquity" title="Classical antiquity">classical antiquity</a>, Elis was an independent state, centred on the town Elis and included the sanctuary at <a href="/wiki/Olympia,_Greece" title="Olympia, Greece">Olympia</a>, where the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games" title="Ancient Olympic Games">Ancient Olympic Games</a> were held between 776 BC and 394 AD. After 146 BC, Elis was part of the province <a href="/wiki/Achaea_(Roman_province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Achaea (Roman province)">Achaea</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Migration_Period" title="Migration Period">Migration Period</a> (3rd - 4th century AD) <a href="/wiki/Vandals" title="Vandals">Vandals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Visigoths" title="Visigoths">Visigoths</a> rampaged through the region. After the <a href="/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire#Final_division" title="Western Roman Empire">final partition of the Roman Empire</a> in 395, Elis was ruled by the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a>. </p><p>In the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Crusade" title="Fourth Crusade">Fourth Crusade</a>, crusaders from Western Europe (traditionally referred to as <i><a href="/wiki/Frankokratia" title="Frankokratia">Franks</a></i> in southeastern Europe) established the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Achaea" title="Principality of Achaea">principality of Achaea</a> in the territory of the defeated Byzantine Empire. The region of Elis was the Principality's heartland, containing its capital, <a href="/wiki/Andravida" title="Andravida">Andravida</a>, the port town and mint of <a href="/wiki/Glarentza" title="Glarentza">Glarentza</a>, the fortress of <a href="/wiki/Chlemoutsi" title="Chlemoutsi">Chlemoutsi</a>, and the extensive <a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Akova" title="Barony of Akova">Barony of Akova</a>. The Principality lasted from 1204 until 1432, when it was conquered by the Byzantine <a href="/wiki/Despotate_of_the_Morea" title="Despotate of the Morea">Despotate of the Morea</a>, which in turn fell in 1460 to the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>. </p><p>The Ottoman Empire ruled most of Greece until the <a href="/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence" title="Greek War of Independence">Greek War of Independence</a> of 1821. The <a href="/wiki/Venetian_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Venetian Republic">Venetian Republic</a> controlled a few coastal towns in the 1490s, early 16th century and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Morea" title="Kingdom of the Morea">from 1686 until 1715</a>. Battlegrounds of the Greek War of Independence in Elis include Chlemoutsi, Gastouni, Lala, Lampeia, Pyrgos and Andritsaina. </p><p>As a part of independent Greece, Elis experienced an economic and agricultural upswing in the first decades after the war of independence. Houses were built, and Pyrgos became a regional centre. Like most of the <a href="/wiki/Peloponnese" title="Peloponnese">Peloponnese</a>, the area was unaffected during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. As a result of the <a href="/wiki/Greco-Turkish_War_(1919%E2%80%931922)" title="Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)">Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_refugees" title="Greek refugees">Greek refugees</a> from <a href="/wiki/Asia_Minor" class="mw-redirect" title="Asia Minor">Asia Minor</a> settled in the area around Amaliada. </p><p><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> struck parts of Elis, houses were damaged, leaving people homeless, and afterwards the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Civil_War" title="Greek Civil War">Greek Civil War</a> caused more destruction and economic decline. The <a href="/wiki/Metapolitefsi" title="Metapolitefsi">return to democracy</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Greek_military_junta_of_1967%E2%80%931974" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek military junta of 1967–1974">Greek military junta of 1967–1974</a>, and Greece joining the <a href="/wiki/European_Communities" title="European Communities">European Communities</a> in 1981 stimulated economic development and improvement of infrastructure. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elis has 200 km of <a href="/wiki/Highway" title="Highway">highways</a>. There are no limited-access freeways in the prefecture, but a freeway (A9) is being built between <a href="/wiki/Patras" title="Patras">Patras</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kyparissia" title="Kyparissia">Kyparissia</a>, planned opening 2012.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (April 2021)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The principal <a href="/wiki/Highway" title="Highway">highways</a> include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_route_E55" title="European route E55">E55</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_National_Road_9" title="Greek National Road 9">GR Highway 9</a>), Patras-<a href="/wiki/Pyrgos,_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Pyrgos, Greece">Pyrgos</a>–Kyparissia, along the western coast of the Peloponnese</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_National_Road_74" title="Greek National Road 74">GR Highway 74</a>, Pyrgos–<a href="/wiki/Lagkadia,_Arcadia" class="mw-redirect" title="Lagkadia, Arcadia">Lagkadia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tripoli,_Greece" title="Tripoli, Greece">Tripoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_National_Road_76" title="Greek National Road 76">GR Highway 76</a>, Pyrgos–<a href="/wiki/Andritsaina" title="Andritsaina">Andritsaina</a>–<a href="/wiki/Megalopolis,_Greece" title="Megalopolis, Greece">Megalopolis</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railways">Railways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The total length of railway tracks in Elis is around 140 km. There is a railway line from Patras to <a href="/wiki/Kalamata" title="Kalamata">Kalamata</a> via Pyrgos, and a branch line from Pyrgos to <a href="/wiki/Olympia,_Greece" title="Olympia, Greece">Olympia</a>. Since January 2011, traffic is suspended on the line from Patras to Kalamata, and only the branch line from Pyrgos to Olympia has regular passenger trains. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ports">Ports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Ports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The port of Kyllini in the northwest is the busiest port in Elis, with car ferries to the islands of <a href="/wiki/Zakynthos" title="Zakynthos">Zakynthos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kefalonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Kefalonia">Kefalonia</a>. The port of <a href="/wiki/Katakolo" title="Katakolo">Katakolo</a> is an important stop for cruise ships, offering an opportunity for passengers to visit the site of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Olympia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Olympia">Ancient Olympia</a>. Other ports or harbors are small in size and fit only smaller boats. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airports">Airports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Airports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elis has a military airport near <a href="/wiki/Andravida" title="Andravida">Andravida</a>, north of Pyrgos. There are no public airports in the area. The nearest <a href="/wiki/Airport" title="Airport">airport</a> on land is in <a href="/wiki/Kalamata" title="Kalamata">Kalamata</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communications">Communications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Communications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Telephones became more common after the 1960s when the Hellenic Telecommunication Organization (<a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Telecommunication_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Hellenic Telecommunication Organization">ΟΤΕ</a>) created hundreds of kilometres of phone lines in the region. Now nearly every household has a telephone. The ΟΤΕ built tens of towers to connect more lines for the internet, telephones, and cell phones to increase the service. Lines began around the mid-20th century to enable more people to communicate by phones in the whole of Greece. There are also several communication towers throughout the prefecture. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ORT_(TV_channel)" title="ORT (TV channel)">ORT</a> (<i>Olympiaki Radiofonia Tileorasi</i>) serves the whole of Elis. ORT is a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Polis_(television_channel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polis (television channel) (page does not exist)">Polis</a> affiliate.</li></ul> <p>There are several local radio stations, for instance RSA (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Station_of_Amalias&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radio Station of Amalias (page does not exist)">Radio Station of Amalias</a>) from Amalias and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleftheri_Radiofonas_Krestenas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eleftheri Radiofonas Krestenas (page does not exist)">Eleftheri Radiofonas Krestenas</a> from Krestena. There are hundreds of transmitter towers scattered over Elis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Persons">Persons</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Persons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Panagiotis_Adraktas" title="Panagiotis Adraktas">Panagiotis Adraktas</a> (b. September 28, 1948 in Kardamas), a New Democracy politician</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hristodoulos_Aholos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hristodoulos Aholos (page does not exist)">Hristodoulos Aholos</a> or Acholos</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panagiotis_Anagnostopoulos" title="Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos">Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos</a>, revolutionary leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astydameia" title="Astydameia">Astydameia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atreus" title="Atreus">Atreus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionysia-Theodora_Avgerinopoulou" title="Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou">Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou</a> among the youngest politicians of the Greek Parliament and UN Award recipient</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avgerinos" title="Avgerinos">Avgerinos</a> family: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agamemnon_Avgerinos" title="Agamemnon Avgerinos">Agamemnon Avgerinos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andreas_Avgerinos" title="Andreas Avgerinos">Andreas Avgerinos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charalambos_Avgerinos" title="Charalambos Avgerinos">Charalambos Avgerinos</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dimitrios_Avgerinos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dimitrios Avgerinos (page does not exist)">Dimitrios Avgerinos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakis_Avgerinos" title="Nakis Avgerinos">Nakis Avgerinos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petros_Avgerinos" title="Petros Avgerinos">Petros Avgerinos</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dionyssios_N._Bokos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dionyssios N. Bokos (page does not exist)">Dionyssios N. Bokos</a>, writer of <i>Myrsini</i>, <i>Nihta Pepromenou</i>, etc.</li> <li>Andreas Bratis, writer of <i>To Vartholomo</i> (<i>The Vartholonio</i>)</li> <li>Christopoulos family: <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agamemnon_Christopoulos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agamemnon Christopoulos (page does not exist)">Agamemnon Christopoulos</a>, politician, brother of Asimakis</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anastasios_Christopoulos" title="Anastasios Christopoulos">Anastasios Christopoulos</a>, revolutionary leader</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asimakis_Christopoulos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asimakis Christopoulos (page does not exist)">Asimakis Christopoulos</a>, politicians, brother of Tzannetos</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charalampos_Christopoulos" title="Charalampos Christopoulos">Charalampos Christopoulos</a>, politician</li> <li>Christos Christopoulos, father of Anastasios</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tzannetos_Christopoulos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tzannetos Christopoulos (page does not exist)">Tzannetos Christopoulos</a>, politician, son of Anastasios</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christos_Daralexis" title="Christos Daralexis">Christos Daralexis</a>, journalist</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Themistoklis_Daralexis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Themistoklis Daralexis (page does not exist)">Themistoklis Daralexis</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyronas_Davos" title="Vyronas Davos">Vyronas Davos</a>, a writer, historian and a poet, he published works on Ilia during the Frankish, Ottoman, Venetian periods, the Greek War of Independence and the Modern period</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionyssis_Diakos" class="mw-redirect" title="Dionyssis Diakos">Dionyssis Diakos</a>, revolutionary leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ioannis_Diakos" title="Ioannis Diakos">Ioannis Diakos</a>, revolutionary leader</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takis_Doxas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Takis Doxas (page does not exist)">Takis Doxas</a>, writer</li> <li>Epeus, ancient mythological legend</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ioannis_Giannopoulos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ioannis Giannopoulos (page does not exist)">Ioannis Giannopoulos</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kostis_Gontikas" title="Kostis Gontikas">Kostis Gontikas</a> (b. 1934), politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimitrios_Gontikas" title="Dimitrios Gontikas">Dimitrios Gontikas</a> (1888–1967), politician and former president of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliament of Greece">Greek parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aristeidis_Griboutis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aristeidis Griboutis (page does not exist)">Aristeidis Griboutis</a>, journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miltiadis_Iatridis" title="Miltiadis Iatridis">Miltiadis Iatridis</a>, revolutionary leader</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikos_Kahtitsis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nikos Kahtitsis (page does not exist)">Nikos Kahtitsis</a>, writer</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antonios_Kalogeropoulos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Antonios Kalogeropoulos (page does not exist)">Antonios Kalogeropoulos</a>, a revolutionary leader from Myrsini (then Souleimanaga)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athanasios_Kanellopoulos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Athanasios Kanellopoulos (page does not exist)">Athanassios Kanellopoulos</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Karas" title="Simon Karas">Simon Karas</a>, music historian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andreas_Karkavitsas" title="Andreas Karkavitsas">Andreas Karkavitsas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kostas_Kazakos" title="Kostas Kazakos">Kostas Kazakos</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dimitrios_Kioussopoulos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dimitrios Kioussopoulos (page does not exist)">Dimitrios Kioussopoulos</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Greece" title="Prime Minister of Greece">Prime Minister of Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionyssos_Kokkinos" class="mw-redirect" title="Dionyssos Kokkinos">Dionyssos Kokkinos</a>, writer</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dimitrios_Korkolis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dimitrios Korkolis (page does not exist)">Dimitrios Korkolis</a>, politician and mayor of Pyrgos</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krestenitis_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Krestenitis (disambiguation)">Krestenitis</a> family: <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aristeidis_Krestenitis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aristeidis Krestenitis (page does not exist)">Aristeidis Krestenitis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgios_Krestenitis" title="Georgios Krestenitis">Georgios Krestenitis</a>, two politicians</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ioannis_Krestenis_(elder)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ioannis Krestenis (elder) (page does not exist)">Ioannis Krestenis (elder)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ioannis_Krestenitis_(younger)" title="Ioannis Krestenitis (younger)">Ioannis Krestenitis (younger)</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lykourgos_Krestenitis" title="Lykourgos Krestenitis">Lykourgos Krestenitis</a> (1793–1873), president of the Greek parliament</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stamatis_Krestenitis" title="Stamatis Krestenitis">Stamatis Krestenitis</a>, a Greek revolutionary leader</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christos_Laskaris" title="Christos Laskaris">Christos Laskaris</a>, poet</li> <li>Liourdis family: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ioannis_Liourdis" title="Ioannis Liourdis">Ioannis Liourdis</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spyros_Liourdis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spyros Liourdis (page does not exist)">Spyros Liourdis</a>, Greek revolutionary leader</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Georgios_Mitzos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Georgios Mitzos (page does not exist)">Georgios</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Petros_Mitzos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Petros Mitzos (page does not exist)">Petros Mitzos</a>, revolutionary leaders</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Georgios_Nikoloutsopoulos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Georgios Nikoloutsopoulos (page does not exist)">Georgios Nikoloutsopoulos</a>, a revolutionary leader from Myrsini (then Souleimanaga)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandros_Panagoulis" title="Alexandros Panagoulis">Alexandros Panagoulis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgios_Papandreou_(writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgios Papandreou (writer)">Georgios Papandreou</a>, an unrelated historian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ioannis_Pesmazoglou" title="Ioannis Pesmazoglou">Ioannis Pesmazoglou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takis_Sinopoulos" title="Takis Sinopoulos">Takis Sinopoulos</a>, poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sisinis_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sisinis (disambiguation)">Sisinis</a> family: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chrysanthos_Sisinis_(died_1845)" title="Chrysanthos Sisinis (died 1845)">Chrysanthos Sisinis (died 1845)</a>, a Greek revolutionary leader and a politician</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgios_Sisinis" title="Georgios Sisinis">Georgios Sisinis</a>, a Greek revolutionary leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christos_Stefanopoulos" title="Christos Stefanopoulos">Christos Stefanopoulos</a>, politician</li> <li>Theodoridis family: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thallis_Theodoridis_(elder)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thallis Theodoridis (elder)">Thallis Theodoridis (elder)</a>, a Greek revolutionary leader</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thallis_Theodoridis_(younger)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thallis Theodoridis (younger) (page does not exist)">Thallis Theodoridis (younger)</a>, a politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasileios_Theodoridis" title="Vasileios Theodoridis">Vasileios Theodoridis</a>, journalist</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konstantinos_Varouxis" title="Konstantinos Varouxis">Konstantinos Varouxis</a>, journalist, <i>Patris</i> writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonidas_Varouxis" title="Leonidas Varouxis">Leonidas Varouxis</a>, journalist, <i>Patris</i> writer</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexis_Vilaetis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alexis Vilaetis (page does not exist)">Alexis Vilaetis</a>, a 19th-century politician who was elected in 1868</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charalambos_Vilaetis" title="Charalambos Vilaetis">Charalambos Vilaetis</a>, a Greek revolutionary leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lysandros_Vilaetis" title="Lysandros Vilaetis">Lysandros Vilaetis</a>, a chief of Pyrgos and a politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikolaos_Vilaetis" title="Nikolaos Vilaetis">Nikolaos Vilaetis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panagis_Vourloumis" title="Panagis Vourloumis">Panagis Vourloumis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panagiotis_Kondylis" title="Panagiotis Kondylis">Panagiotis Kondylis</a>, philosopher, writer and editor</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dimitris_Eleas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dimitris Eleas (page does not exist)">Dimitris Eleas</a>, writer living in London</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panos_Karnezis" title="Panos Karnezis">Panos Karnezis</a>, writer living in London</li> <li>For the kings of Elis (now Ilia), see <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Elis#Notable_Eleans" title="Ancient Elis">section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyrrho" title="Pyrrho">Pyrrho</a>, father of Skepticism</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sporting_teams">Sporting teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sporting teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aias_Gastouni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aias Gastouni (page does not exist)">Aias</a> - Gastouni</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asteras_Amaliada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asteras Amaliada (page does not exist)">Asteras</a> - Amaliada</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dafni_Andravida&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dafni Andravida (page does not exist)">Dafni</a> - <a href="/wiki/Andravida" title="Andravida">Andravida</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iliakos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iliakos (page does not exist)">Iliakos</a> - Lechaina</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Olympiacos_Zacharos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Olympiacos Zacharos (page does not exist)">Olympiacos Zacharos</a> - <a href="/wiki/Zacharo" title="Zacharo">Zacharo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panileiakos" class="mw-redirect" title="Panileiakos">Panileiakos</a> - Pyrgos</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PAO_Varda" class="mw-redirect" title="PAO Varda">PAO Varda</a> - Varda</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The central action of <a href="/wiki/Maeve_Binchy" title="Maeve Binchy">Maeve Binchy</a>'s romance novel, <i><a href="/wiki/Nights_of_Rain_and_Stars" title="Nights of Rain and Stars">Nights of Rain and Stars</a></i> (2004), is set in <a href="/wiki/Agia_Anna,_Elis" title="Agia Anna, Elis">Agia Anna, Elis</a>.</li> <li>Elis is known within the Greek internet community for the strange or tragicomic news stories that are reported from the region, similar to the "<a href="/wiki/Florida_Man" title="Florida Man">Florida Man</a>" meme.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL8-SrPzKAEPjjtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6hq6ZkZV96FIukI0UzcPsWCK0LpLhpa7rhiWB4R5ntTnoWw7U8E1Amg.">"ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text"</a> (in Greek). <a href="/wiki/Government_Gazette_(Greece)" title="Government Gazette (Greece)">Government Gazette</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%CE%A6%CE%95%CE%9A+A+87%2F2010%2C+Kallikratis+reform+law+text&rft.pub=Government+Gazette&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.et.gr%2Fidocs-nph%2Fsearch%2FpdfViewerForm.html%3Fargs%3D5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL8-SrPzKAEPjjtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6hq6ZkZV96FIukI0UzcPsWCK0LpLhpa7rhiWB4R5ntTnoWw7U8E1Amg.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElis" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-census1940-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-census1940_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00026.pdf">"Detailed census results 1940"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Detailed+census+results+1940&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdlib.statistics.gr%2FBook%2FGRESYE_02_0101_00026.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElis" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:85%;">(47 MB)</span> <span class="languageicon">(in Greek and French)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-census1961-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-census1961_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" 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πληθυσμού 1991,2001,2011 σύμφωνα με την κωδικοποίηση της Απογραφής 2011"</a> (in Greek). <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Statistical_Authority" title="Hellenic Statistical Authority">Hellenic Statistical Authority</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Davos</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elis&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output 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title="Amfilochia">Amfilochia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missolonghi" title="Missolonghi">Missolonghi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nafpaktia" title="Nafpaktia">Nafpaktia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thermo,_Greece" title="Thermo, Greece">Thermo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiromero" title="Xiromero">Xiromero</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional unit of <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Elis</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olympia,_Greece" title="Olympia, Greece">Ancient Olympia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andravida-Kyllini" title="Andravida-Kyllini">Andravida-Kyllini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andritsaina-Krestena" title="Andritsaina-Krestena">Andritsaina-Krestena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilida_(municipality)" title="Ilida (municipality)">Ilida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pineios_(municipality)" title="Pineios (municipality)">Pineios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyrgos,_Elis" title="Pyrgos, Elis">Pyrgos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zacharo" title="Zacharo">Zacharo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <dl><dt>Regional governor</dt> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nektarios_Farmakis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nektarios Farmakis (page does not exist)">Nektarios Farmakis</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%B5%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A6%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:Νεκτάριος Φαρμάκης">el</a>]</span> (elected <a href="/wiki/2019_Greek_local_elections" title="2019 Greek local elections">2019</a>)</dd> <dt>Decentralized Administration</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Decentralized_Administration_of_Peloponnese,_Western_Greece_and_the_Ionian" title="Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian">Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Prefectures_of_Greece" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Prefectures_of_Greece" title="Template:Prefectures of 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Achaea_and_Elis_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Achaea and Elis Prefecture (page does not exist)">Achaea and Elis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achaea" title="Achaea">Achaea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adrianople_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Adrianople Prefecture (page does not exist)">Adrianople</a><sup>a</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aetolia-Acarnania" title="Aetolia-Acarnania">Aetolia-Acarnania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arcadia_(regional_unit)" title="Arcadia (regional unit)">Arcadia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argolis_and_Corinthia_Prefecture" title="Argolis and Corinthia Prefecture">Argolis and Corinthia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argolis" title="Argolis">Argolis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Argyrokastron_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Argyrokastron Prefecture (page does not exist)">Argyrokastron</a><sup>b</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arta_(regional_unit)" title="Arta (regional unit)">Arta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attica_and_Boeotia_Prefecture" title="Attica and Boeotia Prefecture">Attica and Boeotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attica_Prefecture" title="Attica Prefecture">Attica</a><sup>c</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeotia" title="Boeotia">Boeotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cephalonia_Prefecture" title="Cephalonia Prefecture">Cephalonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalkidiki" title="Chalkidiki">Chalkidiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chania_(regional_unit)" title="Chania (regional unit)">Chania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chios_(regional_unit)" title="Chios (regional unit)">Chios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corfu_(regional_unit)" title="Corfu (regional unit)">Corfu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corinthia" title="Corinthia">Corinthia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclades" title="Cyclades">Cyclades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dodecanese" title="Dodecanese">Dodecanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drama_(regional_unit)" title="Drama (regional unit)">Drama</a><sup>d</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elis_(regional_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elis (regional unit)">Elis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euboea_(regional_unit)" title="Euboea (regional unit)">Euboea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evros_(regional_unit)" title="Evros (regional unit)">Evros</a><sup>d</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evrytania" title="Evrytania">Evrytania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florina_(regional_unit)" title="Florina (regional unit)">Florina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grevena_(regional_unit)" title="Grevena (regional unit)">Grevena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraklion_(regional_unit)" title="Heraklion (regional unit)">Heraklion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imathia" title="Imathia">Imathia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ioannina_(regional_unit)" title="Ioannina (regional unit)">Ioannina</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kallipolis_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kallipolis Prefecture (page does not exist)">Kallipolis</a><sup>a</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karditsa_(regional_unit)" title="Karditsa (regional unit)">Karditsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastoria_(regional_unit)" title="Kastoria (regional unit)">Kastoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavala_Prefecture" title="Kavala Prefecture">Kavala</a><sup>d</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilkis_(regional_unit)" title="Kilkis (regional unit)">Kilkis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korytsa_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Korytsa Prefecture (page does not exist)">Korytsa</a><sup>b</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozani_(regional_unit)" title="Kozani (regional unit)">Kozani</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lacedaemon_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lacedaemon Prefecture (page does not exist)">Lacedaemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laconia" title="Laconia">Laconia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lakoniki_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lakoniki Prefecture (page does not exist)">Lakoniki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larissa_(regional_unit)" title="Larissa (regional unit)">Larissa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lasithi" title="Lasithi">Lasithi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefkada_(regional_unit)" title="Lefkada (regional unit)">Lefkada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesbos_Prefecture" title="Lesbos Prefecture">Lesbos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnesia_Prefecture" title="Magnesia Prefecture">Magnesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messenia" title="Messenia">Messenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pella_(regional_unit)" title="Pella (regional unit)">Pella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phthiotis_and_Phocis_Prefecture" title="Phthiotis and Phocis Prefecture">Phocis and Locris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phocis" title="Phocis">Phocis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phthiotis_and_Phocis_Prefecture" title="Phthiotis and Phocis Prefecture">Phthiotis and Phocis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phthiotis" title="Phthiotis">Phthiotis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pieria_(regional_unit)" title="Pieria (regional unit)">Pieria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piraeus_Prefecture" title="Piraeus Prefecture">Piraeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preveza_(regional_unit)" title="Preveza (regional unit)">Preveza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rethymno_(regional_unit)" title="Rethymno (regional unit)">Rethymno</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhaedestos_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhaedestos Prefecture (page does not exist)">Rhaedestos</a><sup>a</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodope_(regional_unit)" title="Rhodope (regional unit)">Rhodope</a><sup>d</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samos_Prefecture" title="Samos Prefecture">Samos</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saranta_Ekklisies_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saranta Ekklisies Prefecture (page does not exist)">Saranta Ekklisies</a><sup>a</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serres_(regional_unit)" title="Serres (regional unit)">Serres</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sfakia_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sfakia Prefecture (page does not exist)">Sfakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thesprotia" title="Thesprotia">Thesprotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki_(regional_unit)" title="Thessaloniki (regional unit)">Thessaloniki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trikala_(regional_unit)" title="Trikala (regional unit)">Trikala</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trifylia_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trifylia Prefecture (page does not exist)">Trifylia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xanthi_(regional_unit)" title="Xanthi (regional unit)">Xanthi</a><sup>d</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakynthos" title="Zakynthos">Zakynthos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="By_year_established" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">By year established</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1800s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>1833</dt> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Achaea_and_Elis_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Achaea and Elis Prefecture (page does not exist)">Achaea and Elis</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Aetolia-Acarnania" title="Aetolia-Acarnania">Aetolia-Acarnania</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Arcadia_(regional_unit)" title="Arcadia (regional unit)">Arcadia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Argolis_and_Corinthia_Prefecture" title="Argolis and Corinthia Prefecture">Argolis and Corinthia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Attica_and_Boeotia_Prefecture" title="Attica and Boeotia Prefecture">Attica and Boeotia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cyclades" title="Cyclades">Cyclades</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Euboea_(regional_unit)" title="Euboea (regional unit)">Euboea</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Laconia" title="Laconia">Laconia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Messenia" title="Messenia">Messenia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Phthiotis_and_Phocis_Prefecture" title="Phthiotis and Phocis Prefecture">Phocis and Locris</a></dd> <dt>1845</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Phthiotis_and_Phocis_Prefecture" title="Phthiotis and Phocis Prefecture">Phthiotis and Phocis</a></dd> <dt>1864</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Corfu_(regional_unit)" title="Corfu (regional unit)">Corfu</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kefalonia_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Kefalonia Prefecture">Kefallinia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lefkada_(regional_unit)" title="Lefkada (regional unit)">Lefkada</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Zakynthos" title="Zakynthos">Zakynthos</a></dd> <dt>1882</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Arta_(regional_unit)" title="Arta (regional unit)">Arta</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Larissa_(regional_unit)" title="Larissa (regional unit)">Larissa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Trikala_(regional_unit)" title="Trikala (regional unit)">Trikala</a></dd> <dt>1899</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Achaea" title="Achaea">Achaea</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Argolis" title="Argolis">Argolis</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Attica_Prefecture" title="Attica Prefecture">Attica</a><sup>c</sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Boeotia" title="Boeotia">Boeotia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Corinthia" title="Corinthia">Corinthia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Elis_(regional_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elis (regional unit)">Elis</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Evrytania" title="Evrytania">Evrytania</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Karditsa_(regional_unit)" title="Karditsa (regional unit)">Karditsa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lacedaemon_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lacedaemon Prefecture (page does not exist)">Lacedaemon</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lakoniki_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lakoniki Prefecture (page does not exist)">Lakoniki</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Magnesia_Prefecture" title="Magnesia Prefecture">Magnesia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Phocis" title="Phocis">Phocis</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Phthiotis" title="Phthiotis">Phthiotis</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trifylia_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trifylia Prefecture (page does not exist)">Trifylia</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1900s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>1912</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chania_(regional_unit)" title="Chania (regional unit)">Chania</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Heraklion_(regional_unit)" title="Heraklion (regional unit)">Heraklion</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lasithi" title="Lasithi">Lasithi</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rethymno_(regional_unit)" title="Rethymno (regional unit)">Rethymno</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sfakia_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sfakia Prefecture (page does not exist)">Sfakia</a></dd> <dt>1914</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki_(regional_unit)" title="Thessaloniki (regional unit)">Thessaloniki</a></dd> <dt>1915</dt> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Argyrokastron_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Argyrokastron Prefecture (page does not exist)">Argyrokastron</a><sup>b</sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chalkidiki" title="Chalkidiki">Chalkidiki</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chios_(regional_unit)" title="Chios (regional unit)">Chios</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Drama_(regional_unit)" title="Drama (regional unit)">Drama</a><sup>d</sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Florina_(regional_unit)" title="Florina (regional unit)">Florina</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ioannina_(regional_unit)" title="Ioannina (regional unit)">Ioannina</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kavala_Prefecture" title="Kavala Prefecture">Kavala</a><sup>d</sup></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korytsa_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Korytsa Prefecture (page does not exist)">Korytsa</a><sup>b</sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kozani_(regional_unit)" title="Kozani (regional unit)">Kozani</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lesbos_Prefecture" title="Lesbos Prefecture">Lesbos</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Preveza_(regional_unit)" title="Preveza (regional unit)">Preveza</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Samos_Prefecture" title="Samos Prefecture">Samos</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Serres_(regional_unit)" title="Serres (regional unit)">Serres</a></dd> <dt>1920</dt> <dd><a 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