Parakoila
Parakila is a village on the island of Lesbos, Greece, built amphitheatrically on a low hillside between the Taxiarchis and Kardakis rivers, at an elevation of approximately 51 metres, surrounded by extensive olive groves and orange orchards.Photo: Enginius1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 881 residents
- Description: village in Lesvos, Greece
- Also known as: “Parákella” and “Parakila”
- Postal code: 81107
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agra and Kerami, Lesbos.
Agra
Village
Agra is a village and a community on the island of Lesbos in Greece. Situated 10 kilometres from the Aegean Sea in the Kalloni municipal unit, the village is dominated by livestock-farming. Agra is situated 7 km west of Parakoila.
Kerami, Lesbos
Village
Photo: PanosMtln, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kerami, Lesbos is a village, which is situated 8 km northeast of Parakoila.
Apothikes
Hamlet
Photo: Gkagialaris, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Apothikes is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km southwest of Parakoila.
Parakoila
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Lesbos, Lesvos, North Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.17006° or 39° 10′ 12″ northLongitude
26.14064° or 26° 8′ 26″ eastPopulation
881Elevation
51 metres (167 feet)Open location code
8GF854CR+27OpenStreetMap ID
node 1128114791OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
255781Wikidata ID
Q16737843
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Parakoila” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باراكويلا، ليسفوس”
- Arabic: “باراكويلا”
- Cebuano: “Parákoila”
- Egyptian Arabic: “باراكويلا”
- Finnish: “Parákoila”
- German: “Parakoila”
- Greek: “Παράκοιλα Λέσβου”
- Greek: “Παράκοιλα”
- Irish: “Parakoila”
- Russian: “Паракила”
- Swedish: “Parákoila”
- Turkish: “Parakoila”
- “Parakoila”
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