Magnesia

Magnesia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of . Its capital is the city of . About 70% of the population of Magnesia live in the Greater Volos area, which is the second-largest city in Thessaly and the third-busiest commercial port in Greece.
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is a city of 86,000 people in , almost midway between and .

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forms a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the Aegean Sea.

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is east of , separated from Volos by Goritza Hill.

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is a small seashore town 18 km southeast…

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is a town in the Magnesia regional unit, , .

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is a village and a former municipality in the southern part of Magnesia, , .

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is a village and a former community in Magnesia, , .

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, or Amaliapoli, is a beautiful seaside…

is a village and community in , , part of the municipality .

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and Alli Meria, Anakasia, Agios Onoufrios are north of .

Magnesia

  • Type: regional unit of Greece with 205,000 residents
  • Description: regional unit in Thessaly, Greece
  • Also known as: “Magnesia Regional Unit”, “Nomos Magnisias”, “Perifereiakí Enótita Magnisías”, “Unidad periferica de Magnesia”, “Unidad Regional de Magnesia”, “مقنيسية”, and “玛戈尼西亚”
  • Location: , , ,
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Latitude of center
39.25° or 39° 15′ north
Longitude of center
22.75° or 22° 45′ east
Population
205,000
Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)
Geo­Names ID
258013
Wiki­data ID
Q1884468
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Magnesia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ماغنيسيا”
  • Armenian: “Մագնեսիա”
  • Asturian: “Unidá periférica de Magnesia”
  • Basque: “Magnesia (unitate erregionala)”
  • Basque: “Magnesia”
  • Catalan: “unitat perifèrica de Magnèsia”
  • Catalan: “Unitat perifèrica de Magnèsia”
  • Cebuano: “Nomós Magnisías”
  • Chinese: “馬格尼西亞專區”
  • Chinese: “马格尼西亚专区”
  • Chinese: “马格尼西亚州”
  • Danish: “Magnesia”
  • Dutch: “Magnisia”
  • Esperanto: “Regiona Unuo Magnezio”
  • Estonian: “Magneesia piirkonnaüksus”
  • Finnish: “Magnesia”
  • Finnish: “Magnesian alueyksikkö”
  • French: “district régional de Magnésie”
  • French: “District régional de Magnésie”
  • German: “Magnisia”
  • German: “Regionalbezirk Magnisia”
  • Greek: “Μαγνησία”
  • Greek: “Νομός Μαγνησίας”
  • Greek: “Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Μαγνησίας”
  • Hebrew: “מגנסיה”
  • Ido: “Provinco Magnesia”
  • Italian: “Magnesia”
  • Japanese: “マグネシア地方”
  • Korean: “마그네시아 지구”
  • Korean: “마그네시아현”
  • Macedonian: “Магнезија”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Magnisía”
  • Polish: “Jednostka regionalna Magnezja”
  • Romanian: “Magnesia”
  • Romanian: “Unitatea regională Magnesia”
  • Russian: “Магнисия”
  • Slovenian: “Regionalna enota Magnezija”
  • Spanish: “Magnesia”
  • Spanish: “unidad periférica de Magnesia”
  • Spanish: “Unidad periférica de Magnesia”
  • Swedish: “Magnesien”
  • Turkish: “Manisa ilçesi”
  • Urdu: “ماگنیسیا”
  • Urdu: “مقنیسیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “ماگنیسیا (علاقائی اکائی)”
  • Western Panjabi: “ماگنیسیا”

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