Vangos
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Vangos is a Greek
Greece
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 village located around 11 km northeast of Megalopoli, about 52 km southeast of Andritsaina
Andritsaina
Andritsaina is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andritsaina-Krestena, of which it is a municipal unit...

, about 23 km southeast of Karytaina
Karytaina
Karytaina is a village in Arcadia, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality Gortyna. Karytaina had a 2001 population of 204 for the village and 257 for the municipal district...

 and about 44 km west-southwest 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...

. Vangos had a population of 106 in 2001 for the village. Vangos is in the municipality of Megalopoli. Vangos is connected with a road to Tripoli
Tripoli
Tripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...

 to the southwest and Karytaina
Karytaina
Karytaina is a village in Arcadia, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality Gortyna. Karytaina had a 2001 population of 204 for the village and 257 for the municipal district...

 along with Stemnitsa to the west which is connected with the Megalopoli - 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...

 Road 5 km west.

Nearest places

  • Kerastari, east-southeast
  • Makrysi
    Makrysi
    Makrysi is a village that is located 3 km from the Megalopolitan plateia and 1 km east of the Megalopolis Bypass of the old GR-7/E-65 in the municipality of Megalopoli and in the southwestern part of Arcadia. It has a subdivision named Kato Makrysi...

    , south-southwest
  • Nea Ekklisoula
    Nea Ekklisoula
    Nea Ekklisoula , is a Greek village located around 3 to 4 km NNE of Megalopoli, about 45 km southeast of Andritsaina, about 16 km southeast of Karytaina and about 37 km west-southwest of Tripoli. Nea Ekklisoula had a population of 73 in 2001. It is in the municipality of Megalopoli...

    , west-southwest
  • Trilofo
    Trilofo, Arcadia
    Trilofo is a Greek village located around 6 km NNE of Megalopoli, about 47 km southeast of Andritsaina, about 18 km southeast of Karytaina and about 39 west-southwest of Tripoli. Trilofo had a population of 57 in 2001 for the village and 71 for the municipal district...

    , west
  • Karatoula
    Karatoula, Arcadia
    Karatoulas , is a Greek village located around 13 km northeast of Megalopoli, about 50 to 55 km southeast of Andritsaina, about 25 km southeast of Karytaina and about 46 km west-southwest of Tripoli. Karatoulas had a population of 81 in 2001 for the village. Karatoulas is in the municipality of...

    , west-northwest

Geography

Vagos is situated in a mountain slopes overlooking at the river which empties into the Alfeios westward. The mountains cover the area and are made up of rocks with grasslands and bushes along with a couple of forests and ungevetated spots at higher elevations. Farmlands are within the village. Its panorama includes the Lykaio mountains to the west, its nearby mountains can be seen.

Population

Year Population
1981 150
1991 144
2001 106

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