What is "niata"

Niata is a village and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Evrotas, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 2,666 (2001). The seat of the municipality was in Agios Dimitrios. The municipal unit comprises the villages of Niata, Agios Dimitrios, Apidea, and Kremasti.