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Varda (Βά&#961δα) is a small town in Greece with a population of about 1,000. It's located between the highway that stretches from Pyrgos to Patras and Athens via Euroroad 55. The location is in around 38.05 N or 38' 03' N, just north of the 38th parallel north, and around 21.3 E or 21' 12' E. Its dialing code is TD 11, 031, 26230 with 5 digits.

Geography

Its locaton is on a hilltop. Other areas away from the train tracks remains flat. The town has a river to the east.

A health center, which is also serves like a rural hospital is founded southwest of the downtown core. Lying between the train tracks. It serves Kyllini, parts of Andravida Lechaina and Varda, cities that are near to this health center. The town has a railroad station.

Its speed limit on non-national roads is 40 to 50 km/h and 30 to 40 km/n on Movri mountain range. Its road condition were poor in the past. They are nearly in the excellent (A-plus or a+) level in the 21st century.

Scenery of grassy Mount Movri and rocky Mount Scollis which is partly hidden near Vouprasia, and Kalogria and some prefer Lappa. is seen anywhere. Not far from Aghios Nikolaos monastery, the coast of Kyllini can be seen, along with Cephallonia/Cephallenia, Zante, Ithaca, and central Elia.

History

Hellenic Telecommunication Organization (OTE) built a phoning facility to communicate to Northwestern Peloponnese through towers to cell phones and phones.


Municipality of Vouprasias

A small municipality under the name Vouprasias (&#916&#942&#956&#959&#962 &#914&#959&#965&#960&#961&#945&#963&#943&#945&#962 Demos Vouprasias that has a population around 3,000. Sixty to 70 per cent of the population live in the towns of Varda, Greece and Nea Manolada The size of the municipality is around 100 km². One-third of the area is forested, the other two-thirds contains farms, barren land, and rivers and riversides.

The list of towns and communities are:

Villages or TownsPopulationElevation
Varda (Barda) &#914&#940&#961&#948&#945around 1,0008 to 10 m
Ano Kourtesiaround 10010 m (32 ft)
Kapeletoaround 15012 m (35 ft)
Kounoupeliaround 200sea level to 3 m
Kourtesiaround 150 and 2005 m (15 ft)
Magoula (Elia)around 10010 to 20 m
Manoladaaround 100 and 20010 to 20 m (32 to 64 ft)
Nea Manolada (New Manolada)around 8008 m
Neapolis (Vouprasia Halfaround 15020 to 35 m
Psariaround 150around 10 m (32 ft.)
The seat of the municipality is listed first, others are listed last.

See also: List of municipalities in the Prefecture of Elia, Prefecture of Elia.