Kleitor or Cleitor (Greek: Κλείτωρ) is a former municipality in

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 150.582 km². Its population was 1,406 in 2011. The seat of the municipality was in Mygdalia.

History

Cleitor Cleitor or Kleitor ( grc, Κλείτωρ or Κλήτωρ), also known as Clitorium, was a town in ancient Arcadia. Situation It possessed a small territory called Cleitoria or Kleitoria (Κλειτορία), bounded on the east by the territory of ...

was a historic and powerful city-state in ancient Greece.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Kleitor is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Agridi * Drakovouni * Kerpini (Kerpini, Ano Kalyvia, Kato Kalyvia) * Mygdalia (Mygdalia, Palaiopyrgos) * Pournaria (Pournaria, Mouria) * Prasino (Prasino, Kalyvia Karnesi) * Theoktisto * Valtesiniko (Valtesiniko, Kourouveli, Olomades) * Xirokarotaina

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