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Larissa

Larissa

Larissa, has a population of 162,591 people. It is the 4th largest city in , and is in , between and . A lively agricultural and university town, it is visited by few tourists.
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  • Type: City with 145,000 residents
  • Description: city of Thessaly region in Greece
  • Also known as: “Larisa”, “Lárisa”, and “Yenişehir”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alkazar Stadium and Yeni Mosque, Larissa.

Stadium
Photo: stefg74, CC BY 2.0.
Alcazar Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Larissa, part of the National Sports Complex of Larissa. It got its nickname because it is located in the Alcazar park, in Larisa, which was named after the Arabic name for the park which means "The Castle".

Archaeological site
Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Yeni Mosque is a historical in Larissa, .

Photo: stg gr1, CC BY 2.0.
The First Ancient Theater of Larissa is an ancient theater and the largest theater in , having a capacity of 10,000 people. It is located on the southern side of Frourio Hill in Larissa and it is a registered trademark of the city.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Giannouli.

Town
is a town and a former municipality in the , , . Population 12,277. The municipal unit has an area of 51.092 km2.

Larissa

Latitude
39.6383° or 39° 38′ 18″ north
Longitude
22.4161° or 22° 24′ 58″ east
Population
145,000
Elevation
76 metres (249 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR LRA
Open location code
8GF4JCQ8+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 57549546
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
258576
Wiki­data ID
Q178405
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Larissa” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Larisa”
  • Arabic: “لاريسا، لاريسا”
  • Arabic: “لاريسا”
  • Armenian: “Լարիսա”
  • Asturian: “Larisa”
  • Azerbaijani: “Larisa”
  • Basque: “Larisa”
  • Belarusian: “Ларыса”
  • Belarusian: “Лярыса”
  • Bengali: “লারিসা”
  • Bengali: “ল্যারিসা”
  • Bosnian: “Larisa (grad)”
  • Bosnian: “Larisa”
  • Bulgarian: “Лариса”
  • Catalan: “Larisa de Tessàlia”
  • Catalan: “Larisa”
  • Catalan: “Làrissa”
  • Cebuano: “Lárisa”
  • Chechen: “Лариса (гӀала)”
  • Chechen: “Лариса”
  • Chinese: “拉里沙”
  • Chinese: “拉里萨”
  • Chinese: “拉里薩”
  • Chuvash: “Лариса (хула)”
  • Chuvash: “Лариса”
  • Croatian: “Larisa”
  • Croatian: “Lárissa”
  • Czech: “Larisa”
  • Czech: “Lárisa”
  • Czech: “Larissa”
  • Czech: “Lárissa”
  • Danish: “Larisa”
  • Danish: “Lárisa”
  • Danish: “Larissa”
  • Dutch: “Larisa”
  • Dutch: “Larissa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لاريسا”
  • Esperanto: “Lariso”
  • Estonian: “Larisa”
  • Estonian: “Lárisa”
  • Estonian: “Larissa”
  • Faroese: “Larisa”
  • Faroese: “Larissa”
  • Finnish: “Lárisa”
  • Finnish: “Larissa”
  • French: “Larissa”
  • French: “Lárissa”
  • Galician: “Lárisa”
  • Georgian: “ლარისა (ქალაქი)”
  • Georgian: “ლარისა”
  • German: “Larisa”
  • Greek: “Γενί Σεχίρ Φενερί”
  • Greek: “Λάρισα”
  • Greek: “Λάρισσα”
  • Gujarati: “લેરિસા”
  • Hebrew: “לאריסה”
  • Hebrew: “לריסה”
  • Hindi: “लारिसा”
  • Hungarian: “Lárisza”
  • Icelandic: “Larissa”
  • Ido: “Larisa (Tesalia)”
  • Ido: “Larisa”
  • Indonesian: “Larisa”
  • Indonesian: “Larissa”
  • Irish: “Larissa”
  • Italian: “Larisa”
  • Italian: “Larissa”
  • Japanese: “ラリサ”
  • Japanese: “ラリッサ”
  • Javanese: “Larissa”
  • Kannada: “ಲಾರಿಸ್ಸ”
  • Kirghiz: “Лариса шаары”
  • Korean: “라리사”
  • Latin: “Larissa”
  • Latvian: “Larisa”
  • Limburgan: “Larisa”
  • Limburgan: “Larissa”
  • Lithuanian: “Larisa”
  • Macedonian: “Лариса”
  • Malay: “Larissa”
  • Malayalam: “ലാറിസ”
  • Marathi: “लरिसा”
  • Mongolian: “Лариса”
  • Northern Frisian: “Larisa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Larisa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lárisa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Larissa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lárissa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Larisa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lárisa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Larissa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lárissa”
  • Norwegian: “Larisa”
  • Ossetian: “Ларисæ”
  • Persian: “لاریسا”
  • Polish: “Larisa”
  • Polish: “Larissa”
  • Polish: “Laryssa”
  • Portuguese: “Lárissa”
  • Romanian: “Larisa”
  • Romanian: “Larissa”
  • Russian: “город Ларисса”
  • Russian: “Лариса”
  • Russian: “Ларисса”
  • Scots: “Larissa”
  • Serbian: “Larisa”
  • Serbian: “Лариса”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Larisa”
  • Silesian: “Larisa”
  • Sinhala: “ලැරිස්සා”
  • Slovak: “Larisa”
  • Slovak: “Larissa”
  • Slovenian: “Larisa”
  • Spanish: “Larisa”
  • Spanish: “Lárisa”
  • Spanish: “Larissa”
  • Spanish: “Lárissa”
  • Swedish: “Larissa, Thessalien”
  • Swedish: “Larissa”
  • Tagalog: “Larisa”
  • Tajik: “Лорисо”
  • Tamil: “லாரிஸா”
  • Telugu: “లారిస్సా”
  • Thai: “ลาริสซา”
  • Turkish: “Larisa”
  • Turkish: “Larissa, Tesalya”
  • Turkish: “Yenişehir”
  • Ukrainian: “Лариса”
  • Ukrainian: “Ларисса”
  • Ukrainian: “Ларіса”
  • Urdu: “لاریسا”
  • Venetian: “Larissa”
  • Veps: “Laris (lidn)”
  • Veps: “Laris”
  • Vietnamese: “Larissa”
  • Volapük: “Larisa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Larissa”
  • Welsh: “Lárisa”
  • Western Armenian: “Լարիսա”
  • Wu Chinese: “拉里萨”
  • Yue Chinese: “拉里沙”
  • “Lárisa”
  • “Yenişehir”
  • “Λάρισα”

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