Dilinata () is a village in the municipal unit of
Argostoli
Argostoli (, Katharevousa: ) is a town and a municipality on the island of Kefalonia, Ionian Islands (region), Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is one of the three municipalities on the island. It has been the capi ...
,
Cephalonia
Kefalonia or Cephalonia (), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallonia (), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece and the 6th-largest island in Greece after Crete, Euboea, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios. It is also a separate regio ...
,
Greece
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. It is situated on a mountain slope, at 400 m elevation. It is 2 km east of
Davgata, 2 km north of
Faraklata
Faraklata () is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Argostoli, Cephalonia, Greece
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and 6 km northeast of Argostoli. The mountaintop of
Evmorfia, elevation 1,043 m, is to the northeast. Dilinata suffered great damage from the
1953 Ionian earthquake.
It is the place of origin of
Giorgos Kalafatis, the founder of
Panathinaikos Athletic Club.
Historical population
References
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Populated places in Cephalonia