Skotani (Greek: Σκοτάνη, before 1928: Κόκοβα - ''Kokova''), is a small mountain village in the municipal unit of
Paion
Paion ( el, Παΐων) is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Its population in 2011 was 1,055. The seat of the municipality was in Dafni. The municipality was created after the Greek War of Independence and was dissolved in ...
,
Achaea
Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...
,
Greece
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. In 2011 its population was 60 for the village and 99 for the community, which includes the village Agios Georgios. Skotani is 5 km east of
Chovoli
Chovoli ( el, Χόβολη) is a community in the municipal unit of Paion in southern Achaea, Greece
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, 7 km northeast of
Dafni, 7 km southwest of
Kleitoria
Kleitoria ( el, Κλειτορία) is a village and a municipal unit in Achaea, Peloponnese, Greece. It was also the new name of the former municipality Lefkasio, of which it was the seat, between 2008 and 2011. Since the 2011 local government ...
and 20 km south of
Kalavryta
Kalavryta ( el, Καλάβρυτα) is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, south of Aigio, southeast of Patras and ...
. Its elevation is about 700 m above sea level.
Population
History
Scotane Scotane or Skotane ( grc, Σκοτάνη) was a settlement in ancient Arcadia, Greece. Pausanias wrote that it was located near Nasi, Lycuntes and Argeathae, which places it in the southern part of present Achaea.
Its site is located near the mode ...
was a town of ancient
Arcadian Azania Arcadian Azania ( el, Αρκαδική Αζανία) was one of the subdivisions in ancient Arcadia along with Parrhasia and Lycaonia. Ancient Azania was in an area that are now the area of Kalavryta, Achaea and Feneos, western Corinthia. It was in ...
and was part of the city-state of
Kleitor
Kleitor or Cleitor (Greek: Κλείτωρ) is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. 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 o ...
in
classical antiquity
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. It was located near the river
Ladon and the
Soron forest. Settlements near Skotane were Lykountes (near present
Filia) and
Argeathoi.
Pausanias Pausanias ( el, Παυσανίας) may refer to:
*Pausanias of Athens, lover of the poet Agathon and a character in Plato's ''Symposium''
*Pausanias the Regent, Spartan general and regent of the 5th century BC
*Pausanias of Sicily, physician of th ...
''Description of Greece'' 8.23
See also
*
List of settlements in Achaea
This is a list of settlements in Achaea, Greece:
* Achaiko
* Agia Marina
* Agia Varvara, Akrata
* Agia Varvara, Tritaia
* Agios Konstantinos
* Agios Nikolaos Kralis
* Agios Nikolaos Spaton
* Agios Nikolaos
* Agios Stefanos (Peristera)
* A ...
References
External links
Skotani at the GTP Travel Pages
{{Kalavryta div
Populated places in Achaea