Place:Xylokastro, Korinthias, Peloponnese, Greece

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NameXylokastro
Alt namesXylokastronsource: Wikipedia
Ξυλόκαστροsource: Wikipedia
Ξυλόκαστρονsource: Wikipedia
TypeCity or town
Coordinates38.067°N 22.717°E
Located inKorinthias, Peloponnese, Greece
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Xylokastro is a seaside town or village and a former municipality in Corinthia in the Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Xylokastro-Evrostina, of which it is a unit or component. The municipal unit has an area of 310.252 km2. In 2011 its population was 5,715 for the town and 13,277 for the municipal unit.

Geographic features include a long 2 km beach and semi-arid forest on varied terrain, scattered with early churches and evidence of early settlements and religious sites. It has narrowly separated upper and lower coastal roads and forms a medium-sized touristic village on the Gulf of Corinth.

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