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West Greece

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  • Type: State with 643,000 residents
  • Description: administrative region of Greece
  • Also known as: “West Greece Periphery”, “West Greece Region”, and “Western Greece”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Calydon.

Photo: Vasarchit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a city in ancient Aetolia, situated on the west bank of the river , 7.5 Roman miles from the sea. Its name is most famous today for the Calydonian boar that had to be overcome by heroes of the Olympian age.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Evinochori and Galatas.

Village
Photo: Nikgiannis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village and a community in the southern part of , . is in the municipality of , located 10 km east of Missolonghi town centre.

Village
is a village and a community in western Chalkeia, , , located at 14 m above sea level. The community includes the village .

West Greece

Latitude
38.4284° or 38° 25′ 42″ north
Longitude
21.5018° or 21° 30′ 6″ east
Population
643,000
Elevation
66 metres (217 feet)
Open location code
8GC3CGH2+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13319072692
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
6697810
Wiki­data ID
Q170291
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“West Greece” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إقليم غرب اليونان”
  • Arabic: “غرب اليونان”
  • Armenian: “Արևմտյան Հունաստան”
  • Asturian: “Grecia Occidental”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qərbi Yunanıstan periferiyası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qərbi Yunanıstan”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Grezia”
  • Belarusian: “Заходняя Грэцыя”
  • Bengali: “ওয়েস্ট গ্রীস অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Западна Гърция”
  • Catalan: “Grècia Occidental”
  • Cebuano: “West Greece”
  • Chinese: “Sai Hi-lia̍p Tōa-khu”
  • Chinese: “西希腊大区”
  • Chinese: “西希臘”
  • Chinese: “西希臘大區”
  • Croatian: “Periferija Zapadna Grčka”
  • Czech: “Západní Řecko”
  • Danish: “Vestgrækenland”
  • Danish: “West Greece Region”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Yunanıstanê Rocawani”
  • Dutch: “West-Griekenland”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Grekio”
  • Estonian: “Lääne-Kreeka piirkond”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Kreikka”
  • French: “Grèce de l’Ouest”
  • French: “Grèce occidentale”
  • French: “Grece-Occidentale”
  • French: “Grèce-Occidentale”
  • Galician: “Grecia Occidental”
  • Georgian: “დასავლეთ საბერძნეთი”
  • Georgian: “დასავლეთი საბერძნეთი”
  • German: “Dytiki Ellada”
  • German: “Westgriechenland”
  • Greek: “Δυτική Ελλάδα”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδας”
  • Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમ ગ્રીસ પ્રદેશ”
  • Hebrew: “מערב יוון”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिमी ग्रीस क्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिमी यूनान क्षेत्र”
  • Hungarian: “Nyugat-Görögország”
  • Ido: “Regiono Westala Grekia”
  • Indonesian: “Yunani Barat”
  • Italian: “Grecia Occidentale”
  • Japanese: “西ギリシャ”
  • Javanese: “Yunani Kulon”
  • Kannada: “ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಗ್ರೀಸ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Korean: “서그리스 주”
  • Korean: “서그리스”
  • Korean: “서그리스주”
  • Korean: “서부 그리스 주”
  • Korean: “서부 그리스”
  • Kurdish: “Yewnanistana Rojava (parêzgeh)”
  • Kurdish: “Yewnanistana Rojava”
  • Latin: “Graecia Occidentalis”
  • Latvian: “Rietumgrieķijas perifērija”
  • Limburgan: “Wes-Griekeland”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Graikijos periferija”
  • Lombard: “Grecia Occidental”
  • Lombard: “Grecia Ucidental”
  • Lombard: “Grecia ucidentala”
  • Lombard: “Grécia Ucidentàla”
  • Lombard: “Òvest Grecia”
  • Macedonian: “Западна Грција”
  • Malay: “West Greece Region”
  • Marathi: “वेस्ट ग्रीस प्रदेश”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sai Hi-lia̍p Tōa-khu”
  • Mingrelian: “ბჟადალი საბერძნეთი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Waast-Grekenlun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vest-Hellas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ditikí Ellada”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vest-Hellas”
  • Norwegian: “Vest-Hellas”
  • Ossetian: “Ныгуылæн Грекъ”
  • Persian: “استان یونان غربی”
  • Persian: “یونان غربی”
  • Polish: “Grecja Zachodnia”
  • Polish: “Region Grecja Zachodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Grécia Ocidental”
  • Romanian: “Grecia de Vest”
  • Russian: “Западная Греция”
  • Scots: “Wast Greece”
  • Scots: “Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδος”
  • Serbian: “Periferija Zapadna Grčka”
  • Serbian: “Западна Грчка”
  • Serbian: “Периферија Западна Грчка”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Periferija Zapadna Grčka”
  • Sicilian: “Grecia Uccidentali”
  • Sinhala: “වෙස්ට් ග්‍රීස් කලාපය”
  • Slovak: “Západné Grécko”
  • Slovenian: “Zahodna Grčija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “باتی یونان اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Grecia Occidental”
  • Spanish: “Periféreia Dytikís Elládas”
  • Spanish: “periferia de Grecia Occidental”
  • Spanish: “Periferia de Grecia Occidental”
  • Spanish: “región de Grecia Occidental”
  • Spanish: “Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδας”
  • Swedish: “Västra Grekland”
  • Tajik: “Юнони Ғарбӣ”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு கிரீஸ் பகுதி”
  • Tatar: “Көнбатыш Греция”
  • Telugu: “పశ్చిమ గ్రీస్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “เวสเทิร์กรีซ”
  • Turkish: “Batı Yunanistan”
  • Ukrainian: “Західна Греція”
  • Urdu: “مغربی یونان”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Hy Lạp”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Katundan nga Gresya”
  • Western Armenian: “Արեւմտեան Յունաստանի շրջան”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبا لیہندا یونان”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ لیندا یونان”
  • Wu Chinese: “西希腊”
  • Yue Chinese: “西希臘”

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