Tripotamia (

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: Τριποταμιά meaning "three rivers", before 1927: Μπέλεσι - ''Belesi''Name changes of settlements in Greece
/ref>) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of

Tropaia Tropaia ( el, Τρόπαια) is a village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Gortynia Gortynia ( el, Γορτυνία) is a municipality in the Arc ...

in the westernmost part of

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. It is situated on a hill above the left bank of the river Erymanthos, 3 km north of its confluence with the

Alfeios The Alfeiós or Alpheios ( el, Αλφειός, grc, Ἀλφειός, Latin Alpheus) is the main stream of the Alpheios Valley drainage system, a dendritic type, originating on the north slopes of Mount Taygetus, located in the center of the Pelop ...

. The Ladon, another tributary of the Alfeios, flows 2 km east of Tripotamia. The rivers Erymanthos and Alfeios form the border with

Elis Elis or Ilia ( el, Ηλεία, ''Ileia'') 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 ...

here. The community consists of the villages Tripotamia, Kapellitsa and Chania. The

Greek National Road 74 National Road 74 ( el, Εθνική Οδός 74, abbreviated as EO74) is a single carriageway road in southern Greece. It connects Pyrgos, Elis, Pyrgos with Tripoli, Greece, Tripoli, via Olympia, Greece, Olympia and Vytina. Its length is . It run ...

( Pyrgos -

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Tripoli Tripoli or Tripolis may refer to: Cities and other geographic units Greece *Tripoli, Greece, the capital of Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in ...

) passes north of the village. Tripotamia is 2 km east of

Aspra Spitia Aspra Spitia ( el, Άσπρα Σπίτια) is a town in the municipal unit Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra, in Boeotia, Greece. In 2011, its population was 1,578. History Aspra Spitia was founded in 1960, planned by Doxiadis Associates to house indus ...

, 6 km southwest of

Liodora Liodora (Greek: Λιοδώρα) is a small village in Arcadia, the central region of the Peloponnese area of Greece. Liodora is part of the Municipal Unit of Iraia, which belongs to the Municipality of Gortynia. It is situated on a low hill nea ...

and 15 km east of Olympia.

Historical population

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{{Gortynia div Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese

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