Zagora

''There is also Cape Zagora in the island of Andros'' {| 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: || Magnesia prefecture |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Provinces of Greece: || Province of Volos |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" | Location:
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39.4445/39�26'32' N lat.
23.0975/23�5'53' E long |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Population: (2001)
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3,318

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Aegean Sea
458 m(centre)
about 1,000 to 1,500 m |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | List of postal codes in Greece: || 370 01 |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Area codes in Greece: || 11-30-Greece dialing code 24260 (030-24260)-2
|---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | YPES: || 3710 |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | License plates in Greece: || BO |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 3-letter abbreviation: || ZGO Zagora |---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Website: || [http://www.magnesia.gr/dimoi/dimoi_zagora.htm/ www.magnesia.gr/dimoi/dimoi_zagora.htm] |} Zagora (Greek language: Ζαγορά) is the biggest village of Pelion was at its commercial and cultural peak in the 17th and 18th centuries, It is the birth place of G. Kordatos, a distinguished Greece historian. There are texts dating back to the Byzantine era that mention Pelion by the name Zagora. The library of Zagora with thousands of rare books is of great interest. The school of Rigas Fereos or Hellenic museum as it was known, the oldest school on Pelion, Kallinikos Lapatis (Patriarch of Constantinople) and the bard of the Greeks Rigas Fereos were students of the school among others. The "mayor" of Zagora generally is responsible for most villages on Mt. Pelion. Currently the position is held by a member of the Chacos family. It is located E of Volos and NW of Tsangarada and Mouresi and is connected by Greece Interstate 34 linking Volos and Tsangarada about 2 km south. The roads to the north are gravel and are not connected to Keramidi to the north. Zagora has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, a church, banks, a post office, and a square (''plateia''). ==Historical population== {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" |- bgcolor="#efefef" ! Year !! Communal population !! Change (town) !! Municipal/Island population |- | 1981 || 2,841 || - || - |- | 1991 || 2,410 || -431/-15.17% || 3,922 |} ==External links== *[http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?tb=1&city=Zagora&country=GR Mapquest - Zagora]

	North: Keramidi (Magnesia), Greece?
West: Portaria and Makrinitsa	Zagora	East: Mouresi, Aegean Sea
	South: Sipiada

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