Tragano (

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, Modern: Τραγανό, Ancient/

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: -on) is a town and a former

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pineios, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 41.475 km². Tragano is situated in a flat, rural area, north of the river Pineios. It is 2 km east of

Stafidokampos Stafidokampos ( el, Σταφιδόκαμπος) is a village in the municipal unit of Andravida, Elis, Greece. It is situated in a flat rural area, 2 km southeast of the centre of Andravida, 2 km west of Tragano, 2 km north of the ri ...

, 4 km east of

Andravida Andravida ( el, Ανδραβίδα, ) is a town and a former municipality in Elis, in the northwest of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andravida-Kyllini, of which it is a m ...

, 3 km north of Agia Mavra, 5 km northwest of

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and 8 km northeast of

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. It is 2 km southeast of the

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Subdivisions

The municipal unit Tragano is subdivided into the following communities: *Tragano * Agia Mavra * Simiza The community Tragano consists of the town Tragano (population 2,509 in 2011) and the small villages Markopoulo, Olga and Pigadi. Markopoulo is 1 km east of Tragano town centre. Its population was 125 in 2011. Olga is 3 km east of Tragano, and its population was 672 in 2011. Pigadi is 7 km east of Tragano, population 41 in 2011.

Historical population

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{{Tragano Populated places in Elis

Subdivisions

Historical population

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