Achaea
Patras is the third largest city of Greece, after Athens and Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Prefecture of Achaea on the Peloponnese and the western gateway into the country, thanks to numerous ferry connections with Italy.
- Regional unit of Greece with about 297,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,050 metres (3,450 feet)
- Description: regional unit in Western Greece, Greece
- Also known as“Achaea Regional Unit”“Achaḯa”“Akhaḯa”“Nomós Achaḯas”“Nomós Akhaḯas”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kertezi and Kryoneri Achaias.
Trechlo, Achaia
Village
Trechlo, Achaia is a village, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Achaea.
Achaea
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Latitude
38° north
Longitude
22° east
Open location code
8GC42222+22
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Achaea” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Akea”
- Arabic: “أخايا”
- Arabic: “أهيا”
- Armenian: “Ախեյա”
- Asturian: “Acaya”
- Azerbaijani: “Axeya”
- Basque: “Akaia”
- Belarusian: “Ахая”
- Belarusian: “Ахея”
- Breton: “Ac’haia”
- Bulgarian: “Ахая”
- Catalan: “Prefectura d’Acaia”
- Catalan: “Unitat perifèrica d’Acaia”
- Chinese: “亚该亚”
- Chinese: “阿哈伊亚专区”
- Chinese: “阿哈伊亞州”
- Croatian: “Prefektura Ahaja”
- Czech: “Achaea (regionální jednotka)”
- Czech: “Achaia”
- Czech: “Achaja (regionální jednotka)”
- Czech: “Regionální jednotka Achaea”
- Czech: “Regionální jednotka Achaia”
- Czech: “Regionální jednotka Achaja”
- Danish: “Achaea”
- Dutch: “Achaea”
- Dutch: “Achaia”
- Esperanto: “Aĥeo”
- Estonian: “Ahhaia piirkonnaüksus”
- Finnish: “Akhaia”
- Finnish: “Akhaian alueyksikkö”
- French: “Achaïe”
- French: “district régional d’Achaïe”
- Galician: “Acaia, Grecia”
- Galician: “Acaia”
- Georgian: “აქაია”
- German: “Achaia”
- German: “Regionalbezirk Achaia”
- Greek: “Αχαΐα”
- Greek: “Νομός Αχαΐας”
- Greek: “Περιφερειακή ενότητα Αχαΐας”
- Hebrew: “אכאיה”
- Hebrew: “מחוז משנה אכאיה”
- Hindi: “अखेआ”
- Ido: “Provinco Ahaya”
- Indonesian: “Akhaya”
- Interlingua: “Unitate Regional Achaea”
- Italian: “Acaia”
- Japanese: “アハイア県”
- Kazakh: “Ахайя”
- Korean: “아하이아 지구”
- Korean: “아하이아 현”
- Latin: “Achaea”
- Latin: “Achaia”
- Lombard: “Acaia”
- Macedonian: “Ахаја”
- Malay: “Akhaia”
- Malayalam: “അക്കിയ”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Ā-găi-ā”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Akhaia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akhaía”
- Norwegian: “Akhaia”
- Ossetian: “Ахей”
- Persian: “آخا”
- Polish: “Jednostka regionalna Achaja”
- Portuguese: “Acaia”
- Romanian: “Prefectura Ahaia”
- Russian: “Ахайя”
- Russian: “Ахея”
- Serbian: “Ахаја”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Ahaja”
- Slovak: “Achája”
- Slovenian: “Ahaja”
- Spanish: “Acaya”
- Spanish: “unidad periférica de Acaya”
- Spanish: “Unidad regional de Acaya”
- Swedish: “Achaia”
- Tamil: “அக்கீயா”
- Turkish: “Ahaya ilçesi”
- Turkish: “Ahaya”
- Ukrainian: “Ахая”
- Urdu: “آخئیا”
- Urdu: “ایکیا”
- Waray (Philippines): “Akhaia”
- Welsh: “Achaea”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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