Pellana
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Pellana Πελλάνα |
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| Coordinates: 37°12′N 22°19′E / 37.200°N 22.317°ECoordinates: 37°12′N 22°19′E / 37.200°N 22.317°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit | Laconia |
| Municipality | Sparti |
| • Municipal unit | 153.8 km2 (59.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 355 m (1,165 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Municipal unit | 2,422 |
| • Municipal unit density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) |
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| • Population | 345 (2011) |
| • Area (km2) | 15.42 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Vehicle registration | AK |
Pellana (/pəˈlænə/; Greek: ἡ Πέλλανα, Paus. iii. 20. § 2; τὰ Πέλλανα, Strabo viii. p. 386; Πελλήνη, Xen. Hell. vii. 5. § 9; Polyb. iv. 81, xvi. 37; Plut. Agis, 8), was a city of ancient Lacedaemonia, on the Eurotas river, and on the road from Sparta to Arcadia. It is also a village and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sparti, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 153.763 km2. The seat of the municipality was in Kastoreio.
According to archaeologist Theodore Spyropoulos, Pellana was the Mycenaean capital of Laconia. Today, Pellana is a small village in North Laconia, and it is located 27 kilometers north of Sparta, 5 kilometers west of the main road that connects Sparta with Tripoli. It is built on a hill that is an extension of the Taygetos mountains in the Peloponessus. Pellana is built on an area of 15 square kilometers, and is 355 meters above the sea level. The population of the modern village of Pellana peaked in the 1940s, and ever since it has been reduced to about 250 inhabitants.
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