Eliki (, before 1917: Ζευγολατιό - ''Zevgolatio''Name changes of settlements in Greece
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Diakopto Diakopto () is a coastal town in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reforms it is a municipal unit of the Aigialeia municipality. The municipal unit has an area of 103.932 km2. The town of Diakopto is situated on the ...

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek language, Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaḯa'', ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwest ...

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. It was named after the nearby ancient town

Helike Helike (; , pronounced , modern ) was an ancient Greek polis or city-state that was submerged by a tsunami in the winter of 373 BC. It was located in the Regional units of Greece, regional unit of Achaea, northern Peloponnesos, two kilometres ( ...

. Eliki is located near the river Selinountas and the

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. It is southeast of

Aigio Aigio, also written as ''Aeghion, Aegion, Aegio, Egio'' (, ; ), is a town and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in Achaea, West Greece, on the Peloponnese. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the mun ...

and west of Diakopto. Nea Keryneia is adjacent to the east. The community includes the small village Kalanteri. The Greek National Road 8A (

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) passes south of the village.

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Eliki in www.ediakopto.gr
{{Diakopto Aigialeia Diakopto Populated places in Achaea

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