Megalopolis
Megalopolis is a small town in Arcadia, in the central Peloponnese, best known for the extensive ruins of the ancient city that once stood here.Photo: ulrichstill, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
- Type: Town with 5,750 residents
- Description: modern town in Arcadia, Greece
- Also known as: “Megalopoli” and “Megalopolis, Greece”
- Postal code: 22200
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ancient Theater of Megalopolis.
Ancient Theater of Megalopolis
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ancient Theater of Megalopolis is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Perivolia and Makrysi.
Perivolia
Village
Perivolia is a village and a community in the southwestern part of Arcadia, Greece. It is part of the municipality of Megalopoli, located in a rural area 3 km south-east of downtown Megalopoli.
Makrysi
Village
Makrysi is a village and a community in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated on a hillside on the left bank of the river Elissonas, at 496 m elevation.
Anthochori
Hamlet
Anthochori was a settlement in Arcadia, Greece. Anthochori was demolished from 2006 to 2008 due to the expansion of the Megalopoli Mine.
Megalopolis
- Category: locality
- Location: Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.4012° or 37° 24′ 4″ northLongitude
22.1357° or 22° 8′ 8″ eastPopulation
5,750Elevation
429 metres (1,407 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR MGAOpen location code
8G94C42P+F7OpenStreetMap ID
node 247363811OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Vietnamese—“Megalopolis” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Μεγαλόπολις”
- Arabic: “ميغالوبولي، أركاديا”
- Arabic: “ميغالوبولي”
- Armenian: “Մեգալոպոլիս”
- Asturian: “Megalopoli”
- Basque: “Megalopolis”
- Belarusian: “Мегалопаліс”
- Bulgarian: “Мегалопол”
- Catalan: “Megalòpolis”
- Cebuano: “Dimos Megalopoli”
- Cebuano: “Megalópoli”
- Chinese: “迈加洛波利”
- Chinese: “迈加洛波利斯”
- Chinese: “邁加洛波利斯”
- Czech: “Megalopolis”
- Danish: “Megalopolis”
- Dutch: “Megalopolis”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميجالوبولى”
- Esperanto: “Megalopoli”
- Finnish: “Megalópoli”
- Finnish: “Megalopolis”
- French: “Megalopoli”
- French: “Megalópoli”
- French: “Megalopolis”
- French: “Mégalopolis”
- Georgian: “მეგაპოლისი”
- German: “Megalopoli”
- Greek: “Μεγαλόπολη Αρκαδίας”
- Greek: “Μεγαλόπολη”
- Hebrew: “מגלופולי”
- Hebrew: “מגלופוליס”
- Hungarian: “Megalopolisz”
- Indonesian: “Megalopolis, Yunani”
- Indonesian: “Megalopolis”
- Irish: “Megalopoli”
- Italian: “Megalopoli”
- Japanese: “メガロポリ”
- Japanese: “メガロポリス (ギリシャ)”
- Japanese: “メガロポリ郡”
- Korean: “메갈로폴리”
- Latin: “Megalopolis”
- Latvian: “Megalopole”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Megalopoli”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Megalópoli”
- Norwegian: “Megalopoli”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Megalopolis”
- Persian: “مگالوپولیس (آرکادیا)”
- Persian: “مگالوپولیس”
- Polish: “Megalopoli”
- Polish: “Megalopolis”
- Portuguese: “Megalópolis”
- Romanian: “Megalopolis”
- Russian: “Мегалополис”
- Russian: “Мегалополь”
- Serbian: “Megalopoli”
- Serbian: “Мегалополи”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Megalopoli”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Megalópoli”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Megalopolis”
- Slovak: “Megalopoli”
- Slovenian: “Megalopoli, Grčija”
- Slovenian: “Megalopoli”
- Spanish: “Megalopolis”
- Spanish: “Megalópolis”
- Swedish: “Megalopolis”
- Turkish: “Megalopolis”
- Ukrainian: “Мегалополі”
- Ukrainian: “Мегалополіс”
- Urdu: “میگالوپولیس، یونان”
- Vietnamese: “Megalopoli”
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