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Attica is a region of on the Aegean Sea, historically correspondent with the territory of when it was a City-State in the times of Ancient Greece.
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is the capital city of with a metropolitan population of 3.15 million inhabitants. It was a major cultural, political and religious centre of Classical Greece, a place that deeply influenced the course of Western civilization.

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The is the ancient port of , and still functions as the chief exit point from the city by sea, for destinations among the Aegean Islands and elsewhere in the east Mediterranean.

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, also known as Elefsina or Eleusis is a suburban town in Attica, the historic region of Athens city-state, just northwest of .

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is a village near the sea in Athens metropolitan area, about 40 km from the center of . The town's name derives from a local fennel herb that grows in the area.

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is a town in the southeastern part of Attica, , 54 km southeast of central and part of Athens metropolitan area.

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is a national park in Attica, the historic region of city-state. It is a popular day trip from Athens because of its splendid Temple of Poseidon.

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is a municipality in Attica on the Saronic Gulf coast. It is part of the South Suburbs of .

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is a port town on the eastern coast of Attica in the metropolitan area of . It is the second largest port of Athens, after .

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is mostly a residential town and in many ways as a suburb of , which lies 20km to the west. Athens International Airport is situated on grounds and sometimes referred to as Airport.

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The is a municipality in Attica, the historic region of city-state. It is part of Athens' urban area.

is a town located in the eastern part of the peninsula. It is the sister town of .

Attica

Latitude of center
38.0027° or 38° 0′ 10″ north
Longitude of center
23.81° or 23° 48′ 36″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q122443
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yiddish—“Attica” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Atika”
  • Amharic: “አቲካ”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἀτθίς”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἀττική”
  • Arabic: “آتيكا”
  • Arabic: “أتيكا”
  • Armenian: “Ատտիկա”
  • Armenian: “Ատտիկե”
  • Armenian: “Ատտիկեի պերիֆերիա”
  • Asturian: “Ática”
  • Azerbaijani: “Attika”
  • Basque: “Atika”
  • Bavarian: “Attika”
  • Belarusian: “Атыка”
  • Breton: “Attek”
  • Breton: “Attika”
  • Bulgarian: “Атика”
  • Catalan: “Àthica”
  • Catalan: “Àtica”
  • Catalan: “Àtics”
  • Chinese: “亚狄迦”
  • Chinese: “阿提刻”
  • Chinese: “阿提卡”
  • Croatian: “Periferija Atika”
  • Czech: “Atika”
  • Czech: “Attika”
  • Danish: “Attika”
  • Dutch: “Attica”
  • Dutch: “Attika”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اتيكا”
  • Esperanto: “Atiko”
  • Estonian: “Atika piirkond”
  • Estonian: “Atika”
  • Finnish: “Attika”
  • French: “Attique”
  • Galician: “Ática”
  • Georgian: “ატიკა”
  • German: “Attika”
  • German: “Attische Halbinsel”
  • German: “Αττική”
  • Greek: “Αττική”
  • Hebrew: “אטיקה”
  • Hebrew: “אטיקי”
  • Hindi: “अटिका”
  • Hungarian: “Attika”
  • Ido: “Attika (historiala regiono)”
  • Ido: “Attika”
  • Indonesian: “Attica”
  • Indonesian: “Attika”
  • Irish: “An Ataic”
  • Italian: “Attica”
  • Japanese: “アッティカ”
  • Japanese: “アッティカ半島”
  • Japanese: “アッティカ地方”
  • Japanese: “アッティカ県”
  • Javanese: “Attika”
  • Kazakh: “Аттика”
  • Kirghiz: “Аттика”
  • Korean: “아티카 지역”
  • Korean: “아티카”
  • Korean: “아티케”
  • Korean: “아티키 지역”
  • Korean: “아티키”
  • Latin: “Attica”
  • Latvian: “Atika”
  • Limburgan: “Attika”
  • Lithuanian: “Atika”
  • Lombard: “Atica”
  • Macedonian: “Атика”
  • Malay: “Attica”
  • Malay: “Attika”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Attika”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Attike”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Attikí”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Attica”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Attika”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Attiki”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Attikí”
  • Ossetian: “Аттикæ”
  • Ossetian: “Аттика”
  • Persian: “آتیک”
  • Persian: “اتیک”
  • Polish: “Attyka”
  • Portuguese: “Ática”
  • Portuguese: “Ático”
  • Romanian: “Atica”
  • Romanian: “Attica”
  • Russian: “Аттика”
  • Scots: “Attica”
  • Serbian: “Atika”
  • Serbian: “Атика”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Atika”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Periferija Atika”
  • Sicilian: “Attica”
  • Slovak: “Atika”
  • Slovenian: “Atika”
  • Spanish: “Atica”
  • Spanish: “Ática”
  • Spanish: “Periferia de Atica”
  • Spanish: “Periferia de Ática”
  • Spanish: “Prefectura de Atica”
  • Spanish: “Prefectura de Ática”
  • Swedish: “Attica”
  • Swedish: “Attika”
  • Swiss German: “D Landschaft Attika”
  • Tajik: “Аттика”
  • Tamil: “அட்டிகா”
  • Tatar: “Аттика”
  • Thai: “แอตติกา”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Attika”
  • Turkish: “Attica”
  • Turkish: “Attika”
  • Ukrainian: “Аттика”
  • Ukrainian: “Аттіка”
  • Ukrainian: “Мопсопія”
  • Urdu: “آتیکا”
  • Urdu: “عتیقیہ”
  • Uzbek: “Attika”
  • Venetian: “Àtega”
  • Venetian: “Atica”
  • Venetian: “Àtica”
  • Vietnamese: “Attica”
  • Vietnamese: “Attikí”
  • Vlaams: “Attika”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Attica”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Attika”
  • Welsh: “Attica”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿提卡”
  • Yiddish: “אטיקע”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Attica”. Photo: Avramescu Marius, CC BY-SA 4.0.