Achaea

Patras is the third largest city of , after and . It is the capital of the Prefecture of Achaea on the and the western gateway into the country, thanks to numerous ferry connections with Italy.
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  • Type: regional unit of Greece with 297,000 residents
  • Description: regional unit in Western Greece, Greece
  • Also known as: Achaea Regional Unit”, “Achaia”, “Achaḯa”, “Akhaḯa”, “Nomos Achaias”, “Nomós Achaḯas”, and “Nomós Akhaḯas

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kertezi and Kryoneri Achaias.

Village
is a mountain village in the municipality of , Achaea, . It is built in the valley of a tributary of the river , east of the mountain .

Village
is a village, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Achaea.

Achaea

Latitude
38° north
Longitude
22° east
Population
297,000
Elevation
1,051 metres (3,448 feet)
Open location code
8GC42222+22
Geo­Names ID
265491
Wiki­data ID
Q2495811
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Achaea” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Akea
  • Arabic: آخايا
  • 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: Αχαία
  • Greek: Αχαΐα
  • Greek: Νομός Αχαΐας
  • Greek: Περιφερειακή ενότητα Αχαΐας
  • Greek: Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Αχαΐας
  • Hebrew: אכאיה
  • Hebrew: מחוז משנה אכאיה
  • Ido: Provinco Ahaya
  • Indonesian: Akhaya
  • Interlingua: Unitate Regional Achaea
  • Italian: Acaia
  • Japanese: アハイア県
  • Kazakh: Ахайя
  • Korean: 아하이아 현
  • Korean: 아하이아현
  • 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

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Achaea”. Photo: Koppi2, GFDL.