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Elis Regional Unit
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Elis, also known as Ellis or Ilia (, Eleia), is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it was Elis Prefecture, covering the same territory.
Key facts
- Greece place.name
- Elis
- Greece place.name_local
- Περιφερειακή ενότηταΗλείας
- Greece place.type
- regional unit
- Greece place.image_skyline
- 2010 Dimi Ilias numbered.svg
- Greece place.caption_skyline
- Municipalities of Elis
- Greece place.image_map
- Nomos Ilias.png
- Greece place.map_caption
- Elis within Greece
- Greece place.periph
- Western Greece
- Greece place.seat
- Pyrgos
- Greece place.area
- 2618
- Greece place.population
- 149896
- Greece place.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greece place.postal_code
- 27x xx
- Greece place.area_code
- 262x0
- Greece place.licence
- ΗΑ
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- regional unit of Greece
- Named after
- Elis
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- West Greece Region
- Contains
- Andravida-Kyllini Municipality
- Capital
- Pyrgos
- Population
- 182463
- Area
- 2618
- Elevation
- 224
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.nailias.gr
- Image
- DSC0698 Εξοδος Αθλητων.jpg
- Licence plate code
- HA
Show 6 more facts
- different from
- Ancient Elis
- Commons category
- Elis Regional Unit
- located in/on physical feature
- Peloponnese
- postal code
- 27x xx
- topic's main category
- Category:Elis
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
via Wikidata · CC0
~16 min read
Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- Natural disasters
- Administration
- 2011 reform
- Provinces
- Population
- Economy
- Agriculture
- Fishing
- History
- Transport
- Roads
- Railways
- Ports
- Airports
- Communications
- Persons
- Sporting teams
- In popular culture
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Elis, also known as Ellis or Ilia (, Eleia), is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it was Elis Prefecture, covering the same territory.
The modern regional unit is nearly coterminous with the ancient Elis of the classical period. Here lie the ancient ruins of cities of Elis, Epitalion and Olympia, known for the ancient Olympic Games which started in 776 BC.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elis Regional Unit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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