Imathia
Macedonia in northern Greece is the largest and second-most-populous region of Greece, with a population of about 2.4 million. It features scenic mountains such as Mount Olympus and the Rhodopes, the beaches of Chalkidiki, the heritage of Alexander's Kingdom of Macedon and the artistic flourishes of the Byzantine Empire.- Regional unit of Greece with about 137,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (170 feet)
- Description: regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece
- Also known as“Imathia Prefecture”“Imathia Regional Unit”“Nomos Imathias”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Byzantine Museum of Beroea and Church of Saint George the Little.
Byzantine Museum of Beroea
Museum
The Byzantine Museum of Veroia is a museum in Greece that opened in 2002. Byzantine Museum of Beroea is situated 4½ km northwest of Imathia.
Church of Saint George the Little
Church
Church of Saint George the Little is situated 4½ km northwest of Imathia.
Church of Saints Theodores
Church
Church of Saints Theodores is situated 4½ km northwest of Imathia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Veria and Vergina.
Veria
Veria is a town of Central Macedonia and the capital of the County of Imathia.
Imathia
- Category: prefecture of Greece
- Location
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Latitude
40.5° or 40° 30′ north
Longitude
22.25° or 22° 15′ east
Open location code
8GG4G722+22
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Imathia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إيماثيا”
- Armenian: “Իմաթիա”
- Basque: “Ematia”
- Bulgarian: “Берско”
- Bulgarian: “Иматия”
- Bulgarian: “Ном Иматия”
- Catalan: “Imathia”
- Catalan: “Prefectura d’Imathia”
- Catalan: “Unitat perifèrica d’Imathia”
- Cebuano: “Nomós Imathías”
- Chinese: “伊馬夏專區”
- Chinese: “伊馬夏州”
- Chinese: “伊马夏专区”
- Croatian: “Prefektura Emacija”
- Czech: “Imathia”
- Danish: “Imathia”
- Dutch: “Imathia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ايماثيا”
- Esperanto: “Imatio”
- Estonian: “Imathía piirkonnaüksus”
- Finnish: “Imathía”
- Finnish: “Imathían alueyksikkö”
- French: “district régional d’Émathie”
- French: “district régional d’Imathie”
- French: “Imathie”
- French: “nome d’Émathie”
- French: “nome d’Imathie”
- Georgian: “იმათია”
- Georgian: “იმატია”
- German: “GR-53”
- German: “Imathia”
- German: “Regionalbezirk Imathia”
- Greek: “Ημαθία”
- Greek: “Νομός Ημαθίας”
- Greek: “Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Ημαθίας”
- Hebrew: “אימתיה”
- Hindi: “इमाथिया क्षेत्रीय इकाई”
- Ido: “Provinco Imatia”
- Italian: “Emazia”
- Italian: “Imathia”
- Italian: “Prefettura di Emazia”
- Japanese: “イマーシア”
- Japanese: “イマーシア県”
- Japanese: “イマシア県”
- Japanese: “イマティア県”
- Korean: “이마티아 지구”
- Korean: “이마티아 현”
- Korean: “이마티아”
- Latin: “Emathia”
- Lithuanian: “Imatijos nomas”
- Macedonian: “Иматија”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Imathia prefektur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Imathía”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Imathia prefektur”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Imathía”
- Norwegian: “Imathia”
- Persian: “ایماتیا”
- Polish: “Imathia”
- Polish: “Imatia”
- Polish: “Jednostka regionalna Imatia”
- Polish: “Nomos Imatia”
- Portuguese: “Emátia”
- Portuguese: “Imathia”
- Romanian: “Prefectura Imathia”
- Russian: “Иматия”
- Serbian: “Imatija”
- Serbian: “Иматија”
- Serbian: “Префектура Иматија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Imathia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Imatija”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Kutleš”
- Slovak: “Imathia”
- Slovenian: “Imatija”
- Spanish: “Emacia”
- Spanish: “Imacia”
- Spanish: “Imatía”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Emacia”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Imacia”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Imathia”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Imatia”
- Spanish: “Unidad periférica de Emacia”
- Spanish: “unidad periférica de Imathia”
- Spanish: “Unidad Regional de Imathia”
- Swedish: “Imathia”
- Turkish: “İmatya ilçesi”
- Turkish: “İmatya”
- Ukrainian: “Іматія”
- Urdu: “اماتھیا”
- Waray (Philippines): “Imathia”
- Western Armenian: “Իմաթիա”
- Western Armenian: “Յունաստան”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ammos and Asomata.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aiges Melathron Hotel and Archaeological Museum of Veria Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Βέροιας.
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