Giannitsa

Pella is a municipality in , , about 40 km west of . The capital and population center of the municipality is Giannitsa, but most visitors go to Pella village, which was built on top of Ancient Pella, the birthplace of Alexander the Great and capital of the Macedonian kingdom.
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  • Type: City with 29,600 residents
  • Description: city in Pella regional unit, Macedonia, Greece
  • Also known as: “Enidze Vardar”, “Enidzje Vardar”, “Genitsa”, “Yannitsa”, “Yenice”, “Yenice-i Vardar”, “Yenitsá”, “Yiannitsá”, “Γενιτσά”, “Γιαννιτσά Πέλλας”, “Ениджевардар”, “Ениджевардарско”, “Пазаръ”, “Па́ꙁаръ”, “Янніца”, “ييانيتسا، بيلا”, and “ヤニッツァ”
  • Postal code: 58100

Places of Interest

Highlights: Mosque of Achmet Bei and Saint George church.

Mosque
Photo: Spartacus98, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ahmed Bey Mosque, also known as the Sheikh Ilahi…

Church
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Museum
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is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pentaplatano and Axos.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village in the municipal unit …

Village
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is a village.

Giannitsa

Latitude
40.79304° or 40° 47′ 35″ north
Longitude
22.41148° or 22° 24′ 41″ east
Population
29,600
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
UN/LOCODE
GR YNN and GR GAK
Open location code
8GG4QCV6+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 130167098
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
733776
Wiki­data ID
Q929022
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Giannitsa” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Jenixhe Vardarit”
  • Arabic: “يانيتسا”
  • Aragonese: “Giannitsa”
  • Armenian: “Յաննիցա”
  • Asturian: “Giannitsa”
  • Basque: “Giannitsa”
  • Belarusian: “Яніца”
  • Bengali: “জায়ান্নিটসা”
  • Bulgarian: “Енидже Вардар”
  • Catalan: “Giannitsa”
  • Cebuano: “Giannitsá”
  • Chinese: “亚尼察”
  • Chinese: “亞尼察”
  • Church Slavic: “Паꙁаръ”
  • Croatian: “Janica”
  • Danish: “Giannitsa”
  • Dutch: “Giannitsa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “يانيتسا”
  • Esperanto: “Janico”
  • Finnish: “Giannitsá”
  • French: “Giannitsá”
  • Georgian: “იანიცა (ქალაქი)”
  • Georgian: “იანიცა”
  • German: “Giannitsa”
  • Greek: “Γιαννιτσά”
  • Gujarati: “ગિયાનિત્સા”
  • Hebrew: “גיניסטה”
  • Hindi: “यानित्सा”
  • Hungarian: “Janicá”
  • Indonesian: “Giannitsa”
  • Italian: “Giannitsa”
  • Japanese: “ヤニツァ”
  • Kannada: “ಜಿಯಾನ್ನಿಸ್ಟ”
  • Korean: “야니차”
  • Latvian: “Janica”
  • Lithuanian: “Džianisita”
  • Macedonian: “Ениџе Вардар”
  • Macedonian: “Пазар”
  • Malay: “Giannitsa”
  • Marathi: “जियानित्सा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jannitsá”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jannitsá”
  • Persian: “یانیتسا”
  • Polish: “Janitsa”
  • Polish: “Jenidze”
  • Pontic: “Γιαννιτσά”
  • Romanian: “Giannitsa”
  • Russian: “Яница”
  • Serbian: “Janica”
  • Serbian: “Ениџе Вардар”
  • Serbian: “Јаница”
  • Serbian: “Пазар”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Janica”
  • Sinhala: “ජියානිස්ටා”
  • Slovenian: “Janica”
  • Swedish: “Giannitsá”
  • Tamil: “ஜியானிஸ்டா”
  • Telugu: “గిణీతసా”
  • Thai: “ยิอันนิตซา”
  • Turkish: “Vardar Yenicesi”
  • Turkish: “Yenice Vardar”
  • Ukrainian: “Яниця”
  • Ukrainian: “Янниця”
  • Urdu: “گیانیتسا”
  • Vietnamese: “Giannitsa”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Synikismos Karyoton and Σφαγεία.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: ΔΕΗ and Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, Giannitsa.

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