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Magouliana (Greek: Μαγούλιανα) is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Vytina, Arcadia, Greece. As of 2001, it had a population of 238 for the village and 256 for the community, which includes the small village Pan. It sits at 1,365 m above sea level, under the ruined Argyrokastro Castle. Magouliana is 3 km southwest of Lasta, 5 km west of Vytina and 12 km northeast of Dimitsana.

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Population
Year Population village Population community
1815 1,250 -
1851 2,342 -
1861 554 -
1896 902 -
1907 889 -
1920 635 -
1928 796 -
1940 844 -
1950 604 -
1961 471 -
1971 319 -
1981 335 -
1991 257 -
2001 238 256

Geography and history

According to several sources, the village was founded between 1530 and 1600 by inhabitants of five settlements, Agios Athanasios (Kastro), Agios Konstantinos (Leivadi), Agios Ioannis (Kampeas), Petrovouni and Megisti or Katsipodas, fleeing from raiding Lalaioi Turks. The name probably derives from the Slavic word magila which means hill. It was renamed to Argyrokastro in 1927[1], but it was renamed back to Magouliana in 1929.[2]
People

Fotios Chrysanthopoulos (Fotakos), first councillor for Theodoros Kolokotronis
Ilias Mariolopoulos, nature meteorologist at the University of Athens
Konstantinos Gontikas, politician, minister
Dimitrios Gontikas, politician, president of the parliament
Andrew Jarvis, Greek-American politician