Megara
Megara is a historic town and a municipality in West Attica, Greece. It lies in the northern section of the Isthmus of Corinth opposite the island of Salamis, which belonged to Megara in archaic times, before being taken by Athens.
- City with about 25,500 residents
- …is also known as “Μεγαρα”
- …was formerly known as “Μεγαρίς”
- Description: city in western Attica, Greece
- Postal code: 19100
Places of Interest
Discover Archaeological Museum of Megara and Theagenes Fountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pachi and Nea Peramos.
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Latitude
37.99659° or 37° 59′ 48″ north
Longitude
23.3445° or 23° 20′ 40″ east
UN/LOCODE
GR MGR
Open location code
8G95X8WV+JR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Western Armenian—“Megara” goes by many names.
ሜጋራAmharic
ΜέγαραAncient Greek (to 1453)
ميغاراArabic
ميغارا، أتيكيArabic
ՄեգարաArmenian
MegaraAsturian
MeqaraAzerbaijani
MeqаrаAzerbaijani
MegaraBasque
МегарыBelarusian
MegaraBreton
МегараBulgarian
MègaraCatalan
MégaraCebuano
迈加拉Chinese
邁加拉Chinese
墨伽拉Chinese
MegaraCroatian
MegaraCzech
MégaraDutch
مىEgyptian Arabic
MégaraEsperanto
MegaroEsperanto
MégaraFinnish
Mégara, GreciaGalician
მეგარაGeorgian
MégaraGreek
ΜέγαραGreek
Μέγαρα ΑττικήςGreek
מגארהHebrew
מגרהHebrew
MégaraHungarian
MegaraIdo
MegaraIndonesian
MegaraItalian
メガラJapanese
메가라Korean
MegaraLatin
MegaraLatvian
MegaraLithuanian
МегараMacedonian
MegaraNorwegian
MegaraNorwegian Bokmål
MégaraNorwegian Nynorsk
مگاراPersian
MegaraPolish
MegaraRomanian
МегараRussian
MegaraScots
MegaraSerbian
ΜέγαραSerbian
МегараSerbian
MegaraSerbo-Croatian
MegaraSicilian
Megara NiseaSicilian
Migara NiseaSicilian
MegaraSlovak
MegarySlovak
MegaraSlovenian
MégaraSwedish
MegaraSwiss German
மெகாராTamil
MegaraTumbuka
MegaraTurkish
МегараUkrainian
МегариUkrainian
میگاراUrdu
Megara shahriUzbek
MegaraVietnamese
MegaraWaray (Philippines)
ՄեղարաWestern Armenian
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