Rio
Rio is a town in the suburbs of Patras and a former municipality in Achaea, Western Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Patras, of which it is a municipal unit.- Type: Suburb with 5,230 residents
- Description: subdivision of Patras Municipality, Greece
- Also known as: “Rhion”, “Rio Municipal Unit”, “Rio Municipality”, “Rio, Greece”, “Ríon”, “Άγιος Γεώργιος Ρίου”, “ريون، أهيا”, and “リオ”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Rio and Venetian Fortress of Rio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aktaio and Kastelocampos.
Kato Kastritsi
Suburb
Kato Kastritsi is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Rio, Achaea, Greece.
Rio
- Categories: municipal unit of Greece, former municipality of Greece, and locality
- Location: Patras, Achaea, West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.3019° or 38° 18′ 7″ north
Longitude
21.78258° or 21° 46′ 57″ east
Population
5,230
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
UN/LOCODE
GR RIO
Open location code
8GC38Q2M+Q2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Urdu—“Rio” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Rion”
- Arabic: “ريو”
- Armenian: “Ռիո”
- Catalan: “Rio”
- Cebuano: “Río”
- Chinese: “里翁”
- Dutch: “Rio”
- Esperanto: “Rio”
- Finnish: “Río”
- French: “Rio”
- French: “Río”
- German: “Rio”
- Greek: “Δήμος Ρίου”
- Greek: “Δημοτική Ενότητα Ρίου”
- Greek: “Ρίο”
- Greek: “Ρίον”
- Hungarian: “Río”
- Italian: “Rio”
- Japanese: “リオ (ギリシャ)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Río i Hellas”
- Polish: “Rio”
- Polish: “Rion”
- Romanian: “Agios Georgios (Rio)”
- Romanian: “Agios Georgios”
- Russian: “Рион”
- Spanish: “Río”
- Swedish: “Río, Grekland”
- Ukrainian: “Ріо”
- Urdu: “ریو، یونان”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Dimorigopoulo and Άνω Καστελόκαμπος.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Σινέ Κάστρο and Πλατεία Πίνδου.
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Worth a closer look: Corinth and Mycenae.
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