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Mykines, Greece
Mykines, known before 1916 as Charvati (Χαρβάτι), is a village and a former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argos-Mykines, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 159.033 km2. It is located 1 km west of the ancient site of Mycenae and 2 km east of the highway linking Argos and Corinth. It is 9 km north of Argos.
Name
The name Mykines is the modern Greek version of Mycenae. The village is near the archaeological site of Mycenae.
Historical population
Mykines was historically an Arvanite town.
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