Nea Kios is a village and former municipality in Argolis

Argolis

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, Peloponnese, Greece

Greece

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argos-Mykines, of which it is a municipal unit. It was founded by refugee

Refugee

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s from Cius

Cius

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 in Bithynia

Bithynia

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 after the expulsion of the Greeks from Asia Minor

Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)

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The nearest train station on the line of Kalamata

Kalamata

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 - Tripoli - Argos - Corinth is in Myloi. It is located 6 km S of Argos

Argos

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 and about 60 km S of Corinth, about 120 km WSW of Athens

Athens

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, about 6 km W of Nafplio, about 50 km W of Ancient Epidaurus

Epidaurus

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, N of Leonidio

Leonidio

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 and Astros

Astros, Greece

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 and about 60 km E of Tripoli

Tripoli, Greece

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. The next-nearest populated place is Myloi

Myloi, Argolis

Myloi , is a village and the seat of the former municipality of Lerna in the southwestern part of Argolis, Greece. The old GR-7 is about 100 m from the train station of Myloi and is also accessible by a rare road linking Nea Kios - Nafplio and the rest of central and eastern Argolis...

, to the east.

The area in the south is surrounded by the Argolic Gulf and is the northernmost town in the gulf; fishing

Fishing

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 plays a large role in the local economy

Economy

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. Forests dominate the west and the shores of the Argolic Gulf

Argolic Gulf

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. The rest are farmlands and orange groves.

Much of the area in the northeast are used for farming while forests surround the town and the coastline, the rocky landscape of the mountains lie to the west. The Argolic Gulf is to the south.

Historical population

Year	Municipal district	Municipality
1981	2,272	-
1991	2,456	-
2001	-	3,646