Mantaiika is a settlement 19 km west of Tripoli

Tripoli, Greece

Tripoli is a city of about 25,000 inhabitants in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the centre of the municipality of Tripolis, pop...

, Arcadia

Arcadia

Arcadia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Peloponnese. It is situated in the central and eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas. In Greek mythology, it was the home of the god Pan...

, Greece

Greece

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. It is part of the community Chrysovitsi

Chrysovitsi

Chrysovitsi is a Greek settlement 21 km west of Tripoli in the municipal unit of Falanthos. Its population is 198 people . Built on the slopes of Mainalo at 1,100 m and is one of the highest villages in the Peloponnese...

 in the municipal unit of Falanthos

Falanthos

Falanthos is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tripoli, of which it is a municipal unit...

. Its population is 67 people (2001 census). Built on the slopes of Mainalo

Mainalo

The Mainalo , is a mountain range that spans about 15 to 20 from north to south and from east to west from 5 to 10 km...

 at 1,000 m and is one of the highest villages in the Peloponnese.

Location and transportation

Manteika is located NNE of Megalopoli, and SE of Lagkadia

Lagkadia

Lagkadia may refer to the following places in Greece:*Lagkadia, Arcadia, a municipality in northwestern Arcadia*Lagkadia, Arta, a village in the Arta peripheral unit, part of the municipality Athamania...

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The village has about 3 km of paved road, 3 km of gravel road and has about 2 km of hydro and phone lines.

Geography

Much of the area are mountainous and are also forested with pine, cypresses and cedars, farmlands are around the village and barren land are at the highest elevations.

History

After World War II

World War II

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 and the Greek Civil War

Greek Civil War

The Greek Civil War was fought from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek governmental army, backed by the United Kingdom and United States, and the Democratic Army of Greece , the military branch of the Greek Communist Party , backed by Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Albania...

, its buildings were rebuilt and emigration occurred at a higher rate until the 1970s, the village recovered a small part of the population between 1991 and 2001. Manteika became connected with asphalt in the late 1990s. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid-20th century, television in the late-20th century and computer and internet at the turn of the millennium. In 1997, the ex-community (now a village and a municipal district) joined to become the newly formed municipality of Falanthos.

Other

There is an elementary school, a church and a big square. The nearest high school is in Alonistaina

Alonistaina

Alonistaina is a village located in the municipal unit of Falanthos in the west central part of Arcadia, Greece. Alonistaina is accessed via a road linking Stemnitsa and Tripoli. It is located south of Vytina, 25 km west of Tripoli, north of Megalopoli, about 15 km east of Stemnitsa and...

and the nearest hospital is in Tripoli.