Megalopolis
Megalopoli is a town in the southwestern part of the regional unit of Arcadia, southern Greece. It is located in the same site as ancient Megalopolis. When it was founded in 371 BC, it was the first large urbanization in rustic Arcadia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 5,750 residents
- Description: modern town in Arcadia, Greece
- Also known as: “Megalopoli” and “Megalopolis, Greece”
- Postal code: 22200
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ancient Theater of Megalopolis.
Ancient Theater of Megalopolis
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ancient Theater of Megalopolis is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Perivolia and Makrysi.
Perivolia
Village
Perivolia is a village and a community in the southwestern part of Arcadia, Greece. It is part of the municipality of Megalopoli, located in a rural area 3 km south-east of downtown Megalopoli. Perivolia is situated 2½ km southeast of Megalopolis.
Makrysi
Village
Makrysi is a village and a community in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated on a hillside on the left bank of the river Elissonas, at 496 m elevation. Makrysi is situated 3 km east of Megalopolis.
Anthochori
Hamlet
Anthochori was a settlement in Arcadia, Greece. Anthochori was demolished from 2006 to 2008 in order to provide the Megalopoli Power Plant with lignite. Anthochori is situated 3½ km south of Megalopolis.
Megalopolis
- Category: locality
- Location: Megalopoli, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.40124° or 37° 24′ 4″ northLongitude
22.13567° or 22° 8′ 8″ eastPopulation
5,750Elevation
429 metres (1,407 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR MGAOpen location code
8G94C42P+F7OpenStreetMap ID
node 247363811OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Vietnamese—“Megalopolis” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Μεγαλόπολις”
- Arabic: “ميغالوبولي، أركاديا”
- Arabic: “ميغالوبولي”
- Armenian: “Մեգալոպոլիս”
- Asturian: “Megalopoli”
- Basque: “Megalopolis”
- Belarusian: “Мегалопаліс”
- Bulgarian: “Мегалопол”
- Catalan: “Megalòpolis”
- Cebuano: “Dimos Megalopoli”
- Cebuano: “Megalópoli”
- Chinese: “迈加洛波利”
- Chinese: “迈加洛波利斯”
- Chinese: “邁加洛波利斯”
- Czech: “Megalopolis”
- Danish: “Megalopolis”
- Dutch: “Megalopolis”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميجالوبولى”
- Esperanto: “Megalopoli”
- Finnish: “Megalópoli”
- Finnish: “Megalopolis”
- French: “Megalopoli”
- French: “Megalópoli”
- French: “Megalopolis”
- French: “Mégalopolis”
- Georgian: “მეგაპოლისი”
- German: “Megalopoli”
- Greek: “Μεγαλόπολη Αρκαδίας”
- Greek: “Μεγαλόπολη”
- Hebrew: “מגלופולי”
- Hebrew: “מגלופוליס”
- Hungarian: “Megalopolisz”
- Indonesian: “Megalopolis, Yunani”
- Indonesian: “Megalopolis”
- Irish: “Megalopoli”
- Italian: “Megalopoli”
- Japanese: “メガロポリ”
- Japanese: “メガロポリス (ギリシャ)”
- Japanese: “メガロポリ郡”
- Korean: “메갈로폴리”
- Latin: “Megalopolis”
- Latvian: “Megalopole”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Megalopoli”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Megalópoli”
- Norwegian: “Megalopoli”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Megalopolis”
- Persian: “مگالوپولیس (آرکادیا)”
- Persian: “مگالوپولیس”
- Polish: “Megalopoli”
- Polish: “Megalopolis”
- Portuguese: “Megalópolis”
- Romanian: “Megalopolis”
- Russian: “Мегалополис”
- Russian: “Мегалополь”
- Serbian: “Megalopoli”
- Serbian: “Мегалополи”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Megalopoli”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Megalópoli”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Megalopolis”
- Slovak: “Megalopoli”
- Slovenian: “Megalopoli, Grčija”
- Slovenian: “Megalopoli”
- Spanish: “Megalopolis”
- Spanish: “Megalópolis”
- Swedish: “Megalopolis”
- Turkish: “Megalopolis”
- Ukrainian: “Мегалополі”
- Ukrainian: “Мегалополіс”
- Vietnamese: “Megalopoli”
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