Attica
Piraeus Prefecture
Nikaia-Agios Ioannis Rentis

Nikaia

Nikaia, known before 1940 as Kokkinia, is a town and a suburb of the agglomeration, in the southwestern part of the Athens urban area, . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nikaia-Agios Ioannis Rentis in the regional unit of Piraeus, and it is the seat and a municipal unit of the municipality.
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  • Type: Suburb with 76,700 residents
  • Description: suburb of Athens, Greece
  • Also known as: “Nea Kokkinia”, “Nikaia, Attica”, and “Nikea”
  • Historically known as: “Néa Kokkiniá” and “Neokokinis”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Railway Museum Athens and Piraeus.

Museum
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The Railway Museum of Athens, Greece, was founded by the Hellenic Railways Organisation in 1978. It was located at 4 Siokou Street in , but the collection has since been moved to the former MPR Depot site in Lefka, Piraeus in 2019 (not to be confused with the .

Railway station
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is a railway station.

Museum
The of Piraeus is a railway museum in Piraeus, Athens, Greece. The museum opened in 2005, displaying the personal collection of a former railway employee.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Piraeus and Palaio Faliro.

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The is the ancient port of , and still functions as the chief exit point from the city by sea, for destinations among the Aegean Islands and elsewhere in the east Mediterranean.

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is a municipality in on the Saronic Gulf coast. It is part of the South Suburbs of .

Suburb
is a suburban town in the western part of the Piraeus regional unit, which in turn is a part of the Athens Urban Area. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.

Nikaia

Latitude
37.9682° or 37° 58′ 6″ north
Longitude
23.6491° or 23° 38′ 57″ east
Population
76,700
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR NIK
Open location code
8G95XJ9X+7J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 360096638
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
256429
Wiki­data ID
Q985462
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Nikaia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نيكايا”
  • Arabic: “نيكيا، أتيكي”
  • Armenian: “Նիկեա”
  • Asturian: “Nikaia”
  • Belarusian: “Нікея”
  • Bulgarian: “Никея”
  • Catalan: “Nikea”
  • Catalan: “Níkea”
  • Cebuano: “Níkaia”
  • Chinese: “尼凯阿”
  • Chinese: “尼凱阿”
  • Dutch: “Nikaia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نيكايا”
  • Estonian: “Níkaia”
  • Finnish: “Níkaia”
  • French: “Kokkiniá”
  • French: “Néa Kokkiniá”
  • French: “Nicée”
  • French: “Nikaia”
  • French: “Níkea”
  • Galician: “Nikaia”
  • German: “Nikea”
  • Greek: “Κοκκινιά”
  • Greek: “Νέα Κοκκινιά” (historical)
  • Greek: “Νίκαια Αττικής”
  • Greek: “Νίκαια”
  • Hebrew: “ניקאיה”
  • Hungarian: “Níkea”
  • Italian: “Nikaia”
  • Japanese: “ニカイア （自治体）”
  • Japanese: “ニカイア”
  • Japanese: “ニケア (ピレウス県)”
  • Latin: “Nicaea”
  • Lithuanian: “Nikėja”
  • Moksha: “Никэя”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nikaia i Attika”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nikaia i Pireus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nikaia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Níkea”
  • Persian: “نیکایا”
  • Polish: “Nikiea”
  • Romanian: “Nikaia”
  • Russian: “Никеа, Аттика”
  • Russian: “Никеа”
  • Russian: “Никея, Аттика”
  • Russian: “Никея”
  • Scots: “Nikaia, Attica”
  • Scots: “Nikaia”
  • Serbian: “Nikaja”
  • Serbian: “Никаја”
  • Serbian: “Никеја”
  • Slovenian: “Nikaia”
  • Spanish: “Nikea”
  • Spanish: “Níkea”
  • Swedish: “Nikaia, Attika”
  • Swedish: “Níkaia”
  • Turkish: “Nikea, Attika”
  • Turkish: “Nikiye”
  • Ukrainian: “Нікея”
  • Urdu: “نیکایا، اتیکا”
  • Volapük: “Nikea”
  • Western Armenian: “Քոքինիա”

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