- http://www.zacharo.com (in Greek)
- http://www.syllogoszachareon.gr (in Greek)
- http://www.hellas.teipir.gr/prefectures/greek/Hleias/Zaxaro.htm (in Greek)
- http://www.hri.org/icp/justice/zacharo.html
- Mapquest - Zacharo, street map now available
- Coordinates: 37°28'57'' N 21°38'43'' E
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Zacharo, Google Earth
Zacharo (Greek: Ζαχάρω), also Zaharo or Zakharo is a community and a municipality located in the southwestern part of the Ilia Prefecture in the middle of a highway named GR-9/E55 linking Pyrgos and GR-9A along with Kyparissia. Distance from Athens is 280 km (old: 320 km SW), about 30 km SE of Pyrgos and about 9 km S of Krestena, 13 km SW of Olympia, and about 30 km north of Kyparissia and NW of Kalamata. It is one of the fastest growing towns in Ilia and the commune population will reach the 7.000 mark. Nearest places (commune) Thermal Springs of Kaiafa (northwest)
Division of the municipality of Zacharo with population 12190 in the year 2001
Logaki Logaki is a small village of the district Taxiarches between Kato Taxiarches and Tholo (Tholon). Near the village in a place called Paliokaravo (old ship). There in 12 March 1769 a cargo of weapons from a russian ship was unloaded for the military leaders Georgios Grigoriadis and Anastasis Christos from Nea Figaleia who participated in the Orlov revolution. Smerna Smerna is a village at an altitude 650 m. During the Greek war of independence it was burned down by Ibrahim in 7 September 1825. It was captured again by Greek forces of Dimitrios Plapoutas 1 Oktober 1825. Historical population:
The community has a school, a kindergarten school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, a church, a post office, a police station, banks and a (plateia) with a statue and a tree which runs near the main highway. The village lies next to the Ionian Sea and has a beach about 500 m west of the centre and a train station linking the railway line of Pyrgos - Kyparissia - Allagi about 100 m west of the main highway of Pyrgos to Kyparissia and has some trees. It also has a traffic light on the highway. Residential houses are in the west and east. The mountains are founded and surrounding almost Zacharo while narrow fertile lands dominate the south with a length of about 1 km. Pine forests are in the northwest while grasses and bush dominates the mountains elsewhere. Wetlands used to dominate the western part. Kaiafa lake is founded to its northwest where its most beatuiful beaches and spas are founded. An interesing story is that Zacharo (The sugartown) has more men than women ( a problem also in other villages ) and the mayor Pantazis Chronopoulos in his election campaign promised that he will solve this problem. He organized a trip to a city in Russia for the men of Zacharo looking for Russian women : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/this_world/4294064.stm
2007 Forest Fires In August 2007 fires in the region of Zacharo, destroyed large areas of forests (estimated 100 km2). The fires started 24 August. Many persons died. Links:
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