Charia
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Charia is a village in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 in the municipal unit of Oleni
Oleni
Oleni is a village and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pyrgos, of which it is a municipal unit. The seat of the municipality was in Karatoula. It is located about 20 km S of Simopoulo, NE of Pyrgos, SE...

. It has an altitude of 150 metres.

Nearest place

  • Arvaniti, south
  • Karatoula
    Karatoula, Elis
    Karatoula also known as Karatoulas is a village in Greece in the municipal unit of Oleni. Karatoula was the seat of the former municipality of Oleni...

    , east
  • Sopi, north

Location

Charia is located in central Ilia, south of Patras
Patras
Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

, about 13 km north-northwest of Olympia
Olympia, Greece
Olympia , a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times, comparable in importance to the Pythian Games held in Delphi. Both games were held every Olympiad , the Olympic Games dating back possibly further than 776 BC...

 and 16 km northeast of Pyrgos.

Population

Year Population
2001 120

Geography

Charia is located in central Ilia much of the area are farmland while the remainder of the land are forested.
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