Abdera
Abdera is a municipality in the Xanthi regional unit of Thrace, Greece. In classical antiquity, it was a major Greek polis on the Thracian coast. The ancient polis is to be distinguished from the municipality, which was named in its honor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruin
- Description: city in ancient Thrace and archaeological site
- Also known as: “Abdera, Thrace”, “Advira”, “Ancient Abdera”, “Ávdhira”, and “Avdira”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avdira and Myrodato.
Avdira
Village
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Avdira is a village, which is situated 6 km north of Abdera.
Myrodato
Village
Myrodato is a settlement in the Abdera municipal unit, Xanthi regional unit of Greece. It is located 2 kilometres west of Abdera. Its population was 402 at the 2021 census. Myrodato is situated 6 km northwest of Abdera.
Mandra
Village
Mandra is a settlement in the Abdera municipal unit, Xanthi regional unit of Greece. Mandra is situated 7 km north of Abdera.
Abdera
- Categories: archaeological site, polis, tourist destination, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Abdera, Xanthi, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.93368° or 40° 56′ 1″ northLongitude
24.97326° or 24° 58′ 24″ eastElevation
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
8GG6WXMF+F8GeoNames ID
736675Wikidata ID
Q132527193
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Abdera” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أبديرة”
- Basque: “Abdera (Trazia)”
- Basque: “Abdera”
- Bulgarian: “Абдера”
- Catalan: “Abdera”
- Chinese: “阿布德拉”
- Croatian: “Abdera (Tracija)”
- Croatian: “Abdera”
- Czech: “Abdéra”
- Danish: “Abdera (Thrakien)”
- Danish: “Abdera”
- Dutch: “Abdera (Griekenland)”
- Dutch: “Abdera”
- Finnish: “Abdera”
- French: “Abdère”
- Galician: “Abdera”
- Georgian: “აბდერა (თრაკია)”
- Georgian: “აბდერა”
- German: “Abdera”
- Greek: “Ávdira”
- Greek: “Άβδηρα”
- Greek: “Αρχαία Άβδηρα”
- Hebrew: “אבדרה”
- Italian: “Abdera (Tracia)”
- Italian: “Abdera”
- Japanese: “アブデラ”
- Korean: “아브디라”
- Korean: “압데라”
- Latin: “Abdera (Thracia)”
- Latin: “Abdera”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Abdera”
- Norwegian: “Abdera”
- Polish: “Abdera (Grecja)”
- Polish: “Abdera”
- Portuguese: “Abdera”
- Romanian: “Abdera”
- Russian: “Абдеры”
- Serbian: “Абдера”
- Slovak: “Abdéra”
- Spanish: “Abdera (Tracia)”
- Spanish: “Abdera”
- Swedish: “Abdera”
- Turkish: “Abdera, Trakya”
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