Vamvakou

Vamvakou is a village in Farsala, Larissa, Thessaly and has about 931 residents. Vamvakou is situated near the village Revmatia, as well as near Sitochoro.

Type: Village with 931 residents
Description: village in Larissa, Greece
Also known as: “Bairakli”, “Baïraklí”, “Baϊrakli”, “Mpaϊraklí”, “Vamvakú”, “Βαμβακού Λαρίσης”, “Μπαϊρακλί”, and “Мпаиракли”
Postal code: 40300

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Farsala and Chalkiades.

Farsala

Town

Photo: sarah c murray, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Farsala, known in Antiquity as Pharsalos, is a town in southern Thessaly, in Greece. Farsala is situated 6 km southwest of Vamvakou.

Chalkiades

Village

Chalkiades is a village in the south of the Larissa regional unit, Greece. Chalkiades is situated 7 km north of Vamvakou.

Thetidio

Village

Thetidio is a small village located in Thessaly, central Greece. Thetidio is situated 9 km northeast of Vamvakou.

Vamvakou

Category: locality
Location: Farsala, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

39.33652° or 39° 20′ 12″ north

Longitude

22.41969° or 22° 25′ 11″ east

Population

931

Elevation

150 metres (492 feet)

Open location code

8GF48CP9+JV

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

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Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Vamvakou” goes by many names.

Arabic: “فامفاكو”
Cebuano: “Vamvakoú”
Egyptian Arabic: “فامفاكو”
French: “Vamvakou”
German: “Vamvakou”
Greek: “Vamvakoú”
Greek: “Βαμβακού Λάρισας”
Greek: “Βαμβακού”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vamvakoú”
Russian: “Вамвакοú”
Swedish: “Vamvakoú”
“Vamvakoú”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Revmatia and Sitochoro.

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