Athens Prefecture

The Athens Prefecture was one of the prefectures of Greece. It was part of the region and the Athens-Piraeus super-prefecture. The capital of the prefecture was the city of .
  • Prefecture of Greece with 2,640,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 124 metres (407 feet)
  • …is also known as “Nomarchia Athinas”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parthenon and Areopagus.
The is a former temple on the…
The was a principal council of ancient…
The or Temple of Athena Polias…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Athens and Palaio Faliro.
is the capital city of .
is a municipality in on the Saronic Gulf coast.
The is the ancient port of , and still…

Athens Prefecture

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Latitude
37.9667° or 37° 58′ north
Longitude
23.75° or 23° 45′ east
Open location code
8G95XQ82+M2
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Athens Prefecture” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أثينا”
  • Armenian: “Աթենք”
  • Belarusian: “Афіны”
  • Belarusian: “Намархія Афіны”
  • Bulgarian: “Атина”
  • Catalan: “Prefectura d’Atenes”
  • Cebuano: “Nomarchía Athínas”
  • Chinese: “雅典州”
  • Croatian: “Prefektura Atena”
  • Dutch: “Athene”
  • Esperanto: “Atena Prefekturo”
  • Finnish: “Ateenan prefektuuri”
  • French: “Nomarchie d’Athènes”
  • Georgian: “ათენი”
  • Georgian: “ათენის ნომი”
  • Greek: “Athína”
  • Greek: “Nomarchía Athinón”
  • Greek: “Αθήνα”
  • Greek: “Νομαρχία Αθήνας”
  • Greek: “Νομαρχία Αθηνών”
  • Hungarian: “Athén nomarhía”
  • Italian: “Atene”
  • Italian: “Prefettura di Atene”
  • Japanese: “アテネ県”
  • Korean: “아테네 현”
  • Korean: “아테네현”
  • Latin: “Athenae”
  • Macedonian: “Атина”
  • Macedonian: “Префектура Атина”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Athen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aten prefektur”
  • Norwegian: “Athen”
  • Polish: “Nomarchia Ateny”
  • Romanian: “Prefectura Atena”
  • Russian: “Афины (ном)”
  • Russian: “Афины”
  • Serbian: “Префектура Атина”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Atina”
  • Slovenian: “Prefektura Atene”
  • Spanish: “prefectura de Atenas”
  • Spanish: “Prefectura de Atenas”
  • Swedish: “Atenprefekturen”
  • Swedish: “Nomarchía Athínas”
  • Turkish: “Atina”
  • Ukrainian: “Афіни”
  • Urdu: “ایتھنز پریفیکچر”

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Notable Places Nearby

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