Kleitor

For the ancient town of Arcadia, see Cleitor. For the village in Achaea, see Kleitor, Achaea.

Kleitor or Cleitor (Greek: Κλείτωρ) is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 150.582 km².^[3] The seat of the municipality was in Mygdalia.

Kleitor Κλείτωρ
Municipal unit
Kleitor Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 37°45′N 22°05′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Arcadia
Municipality	Gortynia
Area
• Municipal unit	150.6 km2 (58.1 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipal unit	920
• Municipal unit density	6.1/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	TP

History

Main article: Cleitor

See also: Clitorians

Cleitor was a historic and powerful city-state in ancient Greece.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Kleitor is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Agridi
• Drakovouni
• Kerpini (Kerpini, Ano Kalyvia, Kato Kalyvia)
• Mygdalia (Mygdalia, Palaiopyrgos)
• Pournaria (Pournaria, Mouria)
• Prasino (Prasino, Kalyvia Karnesi)
• Theoktisto
• Valtesiniko (Valtesiniko, Kourouveli, Olomades)
• Xirokarotaina

Population

Year	Population
1991	2,761
2001	2,584
2011	1,406
2021	920