East Olympos
East Olympos, or Anatolikos Olympos (Greek: Ανατολικός Όλυμπος, Anatolikós Ólympos, lit. 'east Olympos'), is a former municipality in Pieria regional unit, Greece. In Greece's 2011 local government reform East Olympos became a municipal unit of the municipality Dion-Olympos.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 152.939 km2 (59.050 sq mi) and a population 8,343 (2011).[3] The seat of the former East Olympos municipality was in Leptokarya.
East Olympos Ανατολικός Όλυμπος | |
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  East Olympos Location within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 40°04′N 22°34′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Pieria |
| Municipality | Dio-Olympos |
| • Municipal unit | 152.939 km2 (59.050 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 8,343 |
| • Municipal unit density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | KN |
The current East Olympos municipal unit consists of the following communities (constituent villages in parentheses):
- Leptokarya
- Panteleimonas (Palaios Panteleimonas, Neos Panteleimonas, Paralia Panteleimonos)
- Platamon
- Poroi (Neoi Poroi, Agios Dimitrios, Poroi)
- Skotina (Skotina, Ano Skotina, Paralia Skotinis)
References
- "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
- "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
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