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Pititsa (Greek: Πιτίτσα) is a village in the municipality of Rio, Achaea prefecture, Greece. As of 2001, it had a population of 86 for the village. The Volinaios River flows to east and the Panachaiko mountains are to the south. The municipal boundary with Erineos is to the east. Nearest places * Rodini, north
Location Pititsa is located 22 km east from Patras, 10 km from the GR-8/E65 (Athens - Corinth - Patras), and the GR-5 (E55) with the GR-48 (E65) interchange, 15 km from the centre of Rio, and about 22 km west of Aigio. It is nearly halfway between the federal highway. Geography and history After World War II and the Greek Civil War, its buildings were rebuilt and emigration occurred at a higher rate until 1981 through to 1991, it became one of the few villages in mountainous Achaia to regain is population. Dessino became connected with asphalt in the 2000s. 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 Rio. Recently in the early-2000s, its new windmill facility that contains around 50 windmills in an area of 20 to 30 km² or 3,000 ha is about 6 km directly to the south, it first operated around the mid-2000s. Today, it is a village with a few inhabitants, it is populated during the summer months. The population depends on olive productions. It is popular during the spring months and that is the Pititsa hill climb that occurred since 1973.
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