Edessa

Edessa, known until 1923 as Vodena, is a city in and the capital of the in the region of . It was also the capital of the defunct province of the same name.
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  • Type: City with 18,300 residents
  • Description: city in Macedonia, Greece
  • Also known as: “Edessa (Greece)”, “Edessa, Greece”, “Édhessa”, “Vodena”, “Vodená”, and “Vodina”
  • Address: Έδεσσα, 58200
  • Postal code: 58200

Places of Interest

Highlights include Edessa Waterfalls and Edessa.

Waterfall
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The or Edessis Waterfalls are located in Edessa city in , . The falls are a natural phenomenon that arose after a strong earthquake that struck the surrounding area in the 14th century.

Railway station
The railway station is the railway station of in , . The station is located north of the city on the Thessaloniki–Bitola railway, and is served by the Thessaloniki Regional Railway.

Mosque
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The Yeni Mosque is a former in the town of Edessa, in the region of . Completed in the 17th century during the Ottoman era, the mosque was abandoned in 1912 following the Balkan Wars.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mesimeri and Ekklisiochori.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village.

Quarter
Photo: Кочев, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an old neighbourhood of Edessa, in , Greece.

Edessa

Latitude
40.8009° or 40° 48′ 3″ north
Longitude
22.0504° or 22° 3′ 1″ east
Population
18,300
Elevation
312 metres (1,024 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR EDE
Open location code
8GG4R322+84
Open­Street­Map ID
node 130167081
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
736357
Wiki­data ID
Q209978
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Edessa” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Vodena”
  • Arabic: “إديسا، بيلا”
  • Arabic: “إذيسا”
  • Arabic: “الرها”
  • Aragonese: “Edessa (Grecia)”
  • Aragonese: “Edessa”
  • Armenian: “Էդեսա”
  • Asturian: “Edessa”
  • Basque: “Edessa”
  • Bengali: “এডেসা”
  • Bulgarian: “Воден”
  • Catalan: “Bodena”
  • Catalan: “Edesa”
  • Catalan: “Edessa”
  • Catalan: “Vodena”
  • Catalan: “Vodine”
  • Cebuano: “Édessa”
  • Chinese: “埃泽萨”
  • Chinese: “埃澤薩”
  • Chinese: “艾德莎”
  • Church Slavic: “Водьнъ”
  • Croatian: “Edessa”
  • Czech: “Edessa (Greece)”
  • Czech: “Edessa”
  • Danish: “Edessa”
  • Dutch: “Edessa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اذيسا”
  • Estonian: “Édessa”
  • Finnish: “Edessa”
  • Finnish: “Édessa”
  • French: “Edessa”
  • French: “Édessa”
  • French: “Edhessa”
  • French: “Vodena”
  • French: “Vodina”
  • Georgian: “ედესა”
  • German: “Dimos Edessa”
  • German: “Edessa (Greece)”
  • German: “Edessa”
  • German: “Voden”
  • Greek: “Édessa”
  • Greek: “Βοδενά”
  • Greek: “Έδεσσα”
  • Gujarati: “એડેસા”
  • Hindi: “एदेस्सा”
  • Hungarian: “Édesza”
  • Hungarian: “Έδεσσα”
  • Indonesian: “Edessa”
  • Italian: “Edessa”
  • Japanese: “ヴォデナ”
  • Japanese: “エデッサ”
  • Japanese: “ボデナ”
  • Kannada: “ಎಡೆಸ್ಸಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Эдеса”
  • Korean: “에데사”
  • Latvian: “Edesa”
  • Lithuanian: “Edesa”
  • Macedonian: “Воден”
  • Malay: “Edessa”
  • Marathi: “एडेसा”
  • Moksha: “Эдэсса”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Edessa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Edessa i Hellas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Édessa i Hellas”
  • Persian: “ادسا”
  • Polish: “Edesa”
  • Pontic: “Έδεσσα”
  • Portuguese: “Edessa”
  • Romanian: “Edessa, Grecia”
  • Romanian: “Edessa”
  • Russian: “Эдеса”
  • Russian: “Эдесса”
  • Scots: “Edessa”
  • Serbian: “Voden”
  • Serbian: “Έδεσσα”
  • Serbian: “Воден”
  • Serbian: “Едеса”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Edesa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Edessa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Voden”
  • Sinhala: “එඩෙසා”
  • Slovak: “Edessa”
  • Slovenian: “Edesa”
  • Slovenian: “Edessa”
  • Slovenian: “Έδεσσα”
  • Spanish: “Edessa”
  • Spanish: “Édessa”
  • Swedish: “Edessa, Grekland”
  • Swedish: “Edessa”
  • Swedish: “Édessa”
  • Tamil: “ஏடேசா”
  • Telugu: “ఎడెస్సా”
  • Thai: “อีเดสซา”
  • Turkish: “Voden”
  • Turkish: “Vodina”
  • Ukrainian: “Едеса”
  • Urdu: “ایدیسا، یونان”
  • Vietnamese: “Edessa, Hy Lạp”
  • Vietnamese: “Edessa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Edessa, Gresya”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Edessa”
  • Western Armenian: “Էդեսա”
  • Yue Chinese: “艾德莎”
  • “Vodina”

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