Thebes

Thebes is a city in , , and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is the largest city in Boeotia and a major center for the region, along with and .
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  • Type: Town with 22,900 residents
  • Description: modern city in Boeotia, Greece
  • Also known as: “Thebes, Greece”, “Thiva”, and “Thivai”
  • Postal code: 32200

Places of Interest

Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Thebes and Thebes.

Museum
Photo: AlMare, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a in Thebes, Greece dedicated to the region.

Railway station
railway station is the main railway station of in , . Located 900 m from the center of , The station is served by Intercity trains between Athens and Thessaloniki.

Castle
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a castle.

Thebes

Latitude
38.3201° or 38° 19′ 12″ north
Longitude
23.3176° or 23° 19′ 3″ east
Population
22,900
Elevation
170 metres (558 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR TVA
Open location code
8GC588C9+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154086178
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
252910
Wiki­data ID
Q5760
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Thebes” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Thebe, Griekeland”
  • Albanian: “Teba (Greqi)”
  • Albanian: “Teba”
  • Arabic: “ثيفا”
  • Arabic: “طيبة”
  • Armenian: “Թեբե”
  • Asturian: “Thebes”
  • Basque: “Tebas”
  • Belarusian: “Тэбы (Грэцыя)”
  • Belarusian: “Тэбы (места)”
  • Belarusian: “Тэбы”
  • Belarusian: “Фівы (Грэцыя)”
  • Belarusian: “Фівы”
  • Bosnian: “Teba”
  • Breton: “Thebai”
  • Bulgarian: “Тива”
  • Burmese: “သီးဗီးမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Tebes”
  • Cebuano: “Thívai”
  • Chinese: “底比斯”
  • Chinese: “忒拜”
  • Chinese: “錫韋”
  • Chinese: “锡瓦”
  • Chinese: “锡韦”
  • Croatian: “Antička Teba (Grčka)”
  • Croatian: “Antička Teba”
  • Czech: “Théby”
  • Danish: “Theben”
  • Dutch: “Thebe”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ثيفا”
  • Esperanto: “Tebo”
  • Esperanto: “Teboj”
  • Estonian: “Teeba”
  • Finnish: “Theba”
  • French: “Thèbes”
  • Galician: “Tebas, Grecia”
  • Galician: “Tebas”
  • Galician: “Θῆϐαι”
  • Georgian: “თებე”
  • German: “Thebae”
  • German: “Theben”
  • German: “Thiva”
  • Greek: “Thēbai”
  • Greek: “Thíva”
  • Greek: “Θήβα”
  • Greek: “Θηβαι”
  • Greek: “Θήβαι”
  • Hebrew: “תבאי”
  • Hungarian: “Thébai”
  • Hungarian: “Thíva”
  • Ido: “Tiva”
  • Indonesian: “Thiva”
  • Irish: “An Téibh”
  • Italian: “Tebe”
  • Italian: “Thīva”
  • Japanese: “ティーヴァ”
  • Kazakh: “Тебес”
  • Kazakh: “Фивы (Греция)”
  • Kazakh: “Фивы”
  • Korean: “테베”
  • Kurdish: “Têbe”
  • Latin: “Thebae”
  • Latvian: “Tēbas”
  • Lithuanian: “Tėbai”
  • Low German: “Theben”
  • Macedonian: “Теба”
  • Malay: “Thebai”
  • Marathi: “थेबेस (प्राचीन ग्रीक शहर)”
  • Marathi: “थेबेस”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Theben”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thíva”
  • Norwegian: “Theben”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tebas (Grècia)”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tèbas”
  • Persian: “تبای”
  • Persian: “تبس”
  • Polish: “Teby”
  • Portuguese: “Tebas”
  • Romanian: “Teba”
  • Russian: “Фивы”
  • Russian: “Ѳива”
  • Russian: “Ѳиве”
  • Scots: “Thebes”
  • Serbian: “Teba”
  • Serbian: “Теба (Грчка)”
  • Serbian: “Теба”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Teba”
  • Sicilian: “Tebi”
  • Slovak: “Téby”
  • Slovenian: “Tebe, Grčija”
  • Slovenian: “Tebe”
  • Spanish: “Tebas”
  • Spanish: “Thiva”
  • Swedish: “Thebe”
  • Tamil: “தீப்ஸ், கிரேக்கம்”
  • Tamil: “தீப்ஸ்”
  • Thai: “ทีบส์”
  • Thai: “ธีบส์ (กรีซ)”
  • Thai: “ธีบส์”
  • Turkish: “İstefe”
  • Ukrainian: “Фіви”
  • Urdu: “تھیبیس، یونان”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Thebes, Gresya”
  • Welsh: “Thebai”
  • Western Armenian: “Թեբէ”
  • Wu Chinese: “底比斯 (希腊)”
  • Wu Chinese: “底比斯（希腊）”
  • Yue Chinese: “底比斯”
  • “Θήβα”

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