Athens
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland.
- Type: Locality with 664,000 residents
- Description: municipality of Greece in Attica, part of Central Athens district
- Also known as: “Athene (gemeente)”, “Athens Municipality”, “Dimos Atena”, “Dimos Athinon”, “Municipality of Athens”, “Δήμος Αθηνών”, “Δήμος της Αθήνας”, “Муніципалітет Афін”, and “Աթէնք”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Parthenon and Platonic Academy.
Platonic Academy
Archaeological site
Photo: Raphael, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Athens and Palaio Faliro.
Athens
- Category: municipality of Greece
- Location: Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.9889° or 37° 59′ 20″ north
Longitude
23.736° or 23° 44′ 10″ east
Population
664,000
Elevation
107 metres (351 feet)
Open location code
8G95XPQP+HC
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Athens” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلدية أثينا”
- Armenian: “Աթենքի մունիցիպալիտետ”
- Azerbaijani: “Afina bələdiyyəsi”
- Bashkir: “Афина муниципалитеты”
- Basque: “Atenas udalerria”
- Belarusian: “Афіны”
- Bulgarian: “Атина”
- Bulgarian: “дем Атина”
- Catalan: “Atenes”
- Cebuano: “Dimos Athens”
- Dimli (individual language): “Belediyay Atêna”
- Dutch: “gemeente Athene”
- Esperanto: “Municipo Ateno”
- Finnish: “Ateenan kunta”
- French: “dème des Athéniens”
- French: “Dème des Athéniens”
- Galician: “concello de Atenas”
- German: “Gemeinde Athen”
- Greek: “Αθήνα”
- Greek: “Αθήναι”
- Greek: “Αθηναίων”
- Greek: “Δήμος Αθηναίων”
- Hebrew: “עיריית אתונה”
- Hungarian: “Athén község”
- Ido: “Municipo Atina”
- Italian: “Atene”
- Italian: “comune di Atene”
- Japanese: “アテネ自治体”
- Latin: “Athenae demus”
- Latin: “Athenae”
- Malay: “Perbandaran Athens”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Athen kommune”
- Norwegian: “Athen”
- Polish: “Ateny gmina”
- Polish: “Ateny”
- Portuguese: “Município de Atenas”
- Romanian: “comuna Atena”
- Russian: “Афины”
- Slovenian: “Občina Atene”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Atenas”
- Swedish: “Atens kommun”
- Swedish: “Dimos Athens”
- Tatar: “Афин муниципалитеты”
- Turkish: “Atina belediyesi”
- Ukrainian: “Муніципалітет Афіни”
- Urdu: “بلدیہ ایتھنز”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Athens”
- Western Armenian: “Աթէնքի քաղաքապետութիւն”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Exarcheia and Mouseio.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Exarcheia Square and Lofos Strefi.
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