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 .
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  • Type: prefecture of Greece with 2,640,000 residents
  • Description: prefecture of Greece
  • Also known as: “Nomarchia Athinas”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parthenon and Areopagus.

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The is a former temple on the , Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and the is considered an enduring symbol of ancient Greece, Western civilisation, and democracy.

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The was a principal council of ancient Athens, later serving mainly as a judicial body responsible for cases of homicide, wounding, and certain religious offenses.

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The or Temple of Athena Polias is an ancient Greek Ionic temple, on the north side of the , , that was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Athens and Palaio Faliro.

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is the capital city of with a metropolitan population of 3.6 million inhabitants based on ELSTAT Census but with undocumented population it reaches 5.2 million.

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is a municipality in on the Saronic Gulf coast. It is part of the South Suburbs of .

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The is the ancient port of , and still functions as the chief exit point from the city by sea, for destinations among the Aegean Islands and elsewhere in the east Mediterranean.

Athens Prefecture

Latitude
37.9667° or 37° 58′ north
Longitude
23.75° or 23° 45′ east
Population
2,640,000
Elevation
124 metres (407 feet)
Open location code
8G95XQ82+M2
Geo­Names ID
445408
Wiki­data ID
Q509078
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Satellite Map

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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”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kopanas and Profitis Ilias.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Alsos Pagkratiou and Divani Caravel.

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