Arcadia Prefecture

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Arcadia Prefecture was a former administrative region in the central Peloponnese of Greece, known for its mountainous landscape and historic towns.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Arcadia prefecture 2
Arcadia Prefecture canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former prefecture of Greece
administrativeCenter Tripoli
administrativeDivisionOf Greece
borderedBy Argolis Prefecture
Corinthia Prefecture
Elis Prefecture NERFINISHED
Laconia Prefecture
linked to: Laconia prefecture

Messenia Prefecture
capital Tripoli
contains Alfeios River valley
Astros
Dimitsana
Gortynia area
Karytaina
Leonidio
Levidi
Lousios River gorge
linked to: Lousios Gorge

Mainalo mountain
Megalopoli
Parnon mountain range
Tripoli
Vytina
historic towns
country Greece
dissolutionReason Kallikratis administrative reform
linked to: Kallikratis reform
dissolvedIn 2011
existedDuring 20th century
early 21st century
governedBy prefect
hasHeritage Byzantine history
Ottoman period history
classical Greek history
historicalRegion Arcadia
knownFor monasteries and churches
rural and pastoral landscapes
traditional stone-built villages
language Greek
locatedIn Peloponnese
Southern Greece
central Peloponnese
namedAfter Arcadia
partOf Hellenic Republic
linked to: Greece

Periphery of Peloponnese
replacedBy Arcadia regional unit
subdivisionType prefecture
terrainFeature mountainous landscape
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
usedScript Greek alphabet

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Astros locatedInFormerPrefecture Arcadia Prefecture
Argolis prefecture borderedBy Arcadia prefecture
linked to: Arcadia Prefecture
Corinthia prefecture borders Arcadia prefecture
linked to: Arcadia Prefecture