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Tegea

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''There is also an ancient Tegea near Kissamos in the island of Crete, see Tegea, Crete'' ---- {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" style="float:right; empty-cells:show; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:0,5em; background:#FFDEAD;" ! align="center" colspan="2" | Statistics |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Prefectures of Greece Prefecture: || Arcadia |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Provinces of Greece Province: || Province of Mantineia Mantineia |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Seat: || Stadio |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" | Location: || {{coor dms|38|27|7|N|21|25|15|E|region:GR}} |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Population: (2001)
- Total
- Density¹
- Rank||
4,100

-/km²
|---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Communes: || 14 |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Elevation:
-lowest:
-centre:||
around 600 m
650 m(centre)
around 700 m? |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | List of postal codes in Greece Postal code: || 220 12 |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Area codes in Greece Area/distance code: || 11-30-Greece dialing code 2710 2710 (030-2710)
-55 |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Municipal codes in Greece Municipal code: || 0518 |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | License plates in Greece Car designation: || TP |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Name of inhabitants: || Tegean ''sing.'', -s ''pl.'' |} '''Tegea''' was an important religious center of ancient Greek containing the Temple of Athena Alea. Tegea was sacked in 395 by the Goths. Tegea is now located within the modern town of Alea, also it was referred to as Piali (not to be confused with Palaia Episkopi). Alea is located about 10 kilometers southeast of Tripoli, Greece Tripoli. It is also a municipality whose seat is Stadio. The province of Megalopoli is bordered to the west and the province of Kynouria is bordered to the east.

Nearest places
*Alea *Stadio

Communities
*Alea (Arcadia), Greece Alea *Episkopi (Arcadia), Greece Episkopi *Garea *Kamari (Tripoli), Greece Kamari *Kerasitsa, where the politician Gregoris Lambrakis was born in 1912 *Lithovounia *Magoula (Arcadia), Greece Magoula **Giokareika (pop: 51) *Manthyrea *Mavriki *Psili Vrysi **Bouzaneika (pop: 45) *Rizes *'''Stadio''' **Agios Sostis (Tegea), Greece Agios Sostis **Akra (Arcadia), Greece Akra (pop: 42) *Tziva *Vouno (Arcadia), Greece Vouno *Stringos-Demiri

Historical population
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" |- bgcolor="#efefef" ! Year !! Municipal population !! Change |- | 1981 || - || - |- | 1991 || 4,539 || - |- | 2001 || 4,100 || -439/9.67% |}

Persons
*Anyte of Tegea *Cepheus, mythical king and an Argonaut

External links
* Tegea Information: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/siteindex?lookup=Tegea * Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea: http://www.goddess-athena.org/Museum/Temples/Tegea.htm
- GTP - Ancient Tegea
- GTP - Municipality of Tegea
- GTP - Alea, the present name of Tegea
- Tegea - black and white photo essay of the site and related artifacts

	'''North:''' Korythios and Tripoli, Greece Tripoli
'''West:''' Valtesio and Tripoli (NW)	'''Tegea'''	'''East:''' North Kynouria
	'''South:''' Skyritida