Irlandos at 13:22, December 13, 2005

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| [[Prefecture]] and [[Provinces of Greece|Province]]: || [[Corinthia]]
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| Location: Latitude: Longitude:|| 38.4975/38°44'56" N lat.22.05/22°0'38" E long
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| Population: ([[2001]])  - Total  - Density¹  - Rank||   about 20,000   
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| Elevation:  -lowest:  -centre:  -highest:|| [[Corinthian Gulf]] 5 m (centre) about 200 m
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| [[List of postal codes in Greece|Postal code]]: || 202 00
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| [[Area codes in Greece|Area/distance code]]: || 11-30-[[Greece dialing code 2742|27420]] (030-27420)-2 
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| [[YPES|Municipal code]]: || 3011
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| [[License plates in Greece|Car designation]]: || <code>KP</code>
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| 3-letter abbreviation: || KIA '''Kia'''to
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| Name of inhabitants: || - ''sing.'' s ''pl.''
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| Address of administration: || St. near Kiato 202 00
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'''Kiato''' (Greek, Modern: Κιάτο, Ancient/[[Katharevousa]]: -on) is a offshore town located in the northern part of the prefecture of [[Corinthia]] in the [[Peloponnese]], Greece. Kiato is located in a hammock area which is lettered by lemon trees, orange trees, and other fruit-bearing trees. It has a lot of tourist activity mainly in the summer. The ancient name of Kiato was Sikiona and the municipality of Sikyona is named after this place. In the antiquity it had a great prosperity, specially from the middle of the [[2nd century BC]]. Kiato is linked with [[Greece Interstate 8|GR-8]] and the [[Elissos]] river flows near the centre of Kiato. It also serves a junction to a road linking to [[Stymfalia]] and also [[Levidi]] to the southwest. At the same road 2 km south is [[Greece Interstate 8A|GR-8A]]/[[E55]] (Athens - Patras), [[E94]] eastbound which its exit is at the 109th km. Kiato is located almost halfway between Patras and Athens It is located approximately 30 km (old distance, 25 km) NW of Corinth, about 111 km W of [[Athens]], about 110 km E of [[Patras]], 98 km E of the [[Rio-Antirio bridge|Rio-Antirio bridge]] and about 40 km NE of [[Stymfalia]]. Grovelands surround Kiato while fruits and vegetable farming lie to the southeast and parts near Kiato. Forests lie within the shorelines to the east and west and some to the south and along the hills. The hills lie to the south.

==Other==

Kiato has schools, lyceums, a gymnasium, banks, a post office, beaches, hotels, bars and nightclubs where the nightlife was common, and squares (''plateies'') including one downtown.

==Historical population==
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! Year !! Population !! Change !! Municipal population 
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| [[1981]] || 8,232 || - || - 
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| [[1991]] || 9,100 || 868/145.05% || 18,316 
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| [[2001]] || about 20,000 || - || - 
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Between 1981 and 1991, the population growth was the fastest in the Thessaloniki area.

==External links==
*[http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?tb=1&city=Kiato&country=GR Mapquest - Kiato], street map not yet available
*Coordinates: {{coor dms|38|0|38|N|22|4|56|E|region:GR}}

==Nearest places==

*[[Sicyon]], south
*[[Pasi]], southwest
*[[Domini, Greece|Domini]], west

 
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| width ="35%" align="center" | '''Northwest''': [[Xylokastro]]
| width ="30%" align="center" | '''North:''' Corinthian Gulf
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| width ="10%" align="center" | '''West:''' Xylokastro 
| width ="35%" align="center" | '''Sikyonia'''
| width ="30%" align="center" | '''East:''' [[Velo, Greece|Velo]]
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| width ="30%" align="center" | '''South:''' [[Zevgolati (Corinthia), Greece|Vocha]]
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==See also==

*[[Communities of Corinthia]]

[[Category:Corinthia prefecture]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Greece]]

Kiato - Revision history

Irlandos at 13:22, December 13, 2005