Athens
Athens, is the capital city of Greece with a metropolitan population of 3.7 million inhabitants. It is in many ways the birthplace of Classical Greece, and therefore of Western civilization.Photo: Barcex, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Parthenon
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The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena during the fifth century BC.
Areopagus
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The Areopagus is a prominent rock outcropping located northwest of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
Erechtheion
The Erechtheion or Temple of Athena Polias is an ancient Greek Ionic temple-telesterion on the north side of the Acropolis, Athens, which was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena.Localities in the Area
Kallithea
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Kallithea is a suburb in Athens agglomeration and a municipality in south Athens regional unit.
Zografos
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Zografou is a suburban town of approximately 71,000 in the eastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece.
Nea Smyrni
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Nea Smyrni is a municipality and a town in South Athens, Greece.
Athens
- Type: City with 3,090,000 residents
- Description: capital and largest city of Greece
- Categories: capital city, big city, largest city, metropolis, Free city and locality
- Location: Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.9756° or 37° 58' 32" northLongitude
23.7348° or 23° 44' 5" eastPopulation
3,090,000Elevation
70 metres (230 feet)IATA airport code
ATHUnited Nations Location Code
GR ATHOpen Location Code
8G95XPGM+6WOpenStreetMap ID
node 441183OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
264371Wikidata ID
Q1524Athens Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Atina
- Afar: Afina
- Afrikaans: Athene
- Akan: Athens
- Albanian: Athina
- Albanian: Athinë
- Amharic: አቴና
- Ancient Greek (to 1453) (Historic): Ἀθῆναι
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ἀθῆναι
- Angika: एथेंस
- Arabic: Atenas
- Arabic: أثينا
- Aragonese: Atenas
- Armenian: Աթենք
- Armenian: Աթէնք
- Arpitan: Atèna
- Arpitan: Atênes
- Asturian: Atenes
- Avaric: Atina
- Awadhi: एथेन्स
- Aymara: Athina
- Azerbaijani: Afina
- Azerbaijani: Afina şəhəri
- Balinese: Athéna
- Bambara: Athens
- Bashkir: Афина
- Basque: Atenas
- Bavarian: Athen
- Belarusian: Ateny
- Belarusian: Атэны
- Belarusian: Афіны
- Bengali: অ্যাথেন্স
- Bengali: এথেন্স
- Bosnian: Atena
- Bosnian: Atina
- Breton: Aten
- Bulgarian: Атина
- Burmese: အေသင်မြို့
- Catalan: Atenes
- Catalan: Cetines
- Cebuano: Atenas
- Central Bikol: Atenas
- Central Kurdish: ئەسینا
- Chavacano: Atenas
- Chechen: Афина
- Chinese: Athens
- Chinese: 雅典
- Church Slavic: Аѳины
- Church Slavic: Аѳинꙑ
- Chuvash: Афин
- Chuvash: Афинсем
- Cornish: Athína
- Corsican: Atene
- Corsican: Ateni
- Crimean Tatar: Atina
- Croatian: Atena
- Czech: Athény
- Czech: Atény
- Dagbani: Athens
- Danish: Athen
- Dimli (individual language): Atêna
- Dotyali: एथेन्स
- Dutch: Athene (stad)
- Dutch: Athene
- Eastern Mari: Афин
- Egyptian Arabic: اتينا
- English: Athens city
- Erzya: Афины ош
- Esperanto: Ateno
- Esperanto: Atenoj
- Estonian: Ateena
- Extremaduran: Atenas
- Faroese: Athen
- Fiji Hindi: Athens
- Finnish: Ateena
- French: Athenes
- French: Athènes
- Friulian: Aten
- Gagauz: Afina
- Galician: Atenas - Αθήνα
- Galician: Atenas
- Gan Chinese: 雅典
- Georgian: ათენი
- German: Athen
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Athens
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰
- Greek (Historic): Αθήναι
- Greek: Athínai
- Greek: Αθήνα
- Greek: Αθήναι
- Greek: Αθηνα
- Greek: Αθηναι
- Guarani: Atena
- Guarani: Aténa
- Gujarati: એથેન્સ
- Haitian: Atèn
- Hakka Chinese: Athens
- Hausa: Athens
- Hausa: ʻAkenai
- Hawaiian: ‘Akenai
- Hebrew: אתונה
- Hindi: ऍथेन्स
- Hindi: एथेंस
- Hungarian: Athén
- Icelandic: Aþena
- Ido: Athina
- Igbo: Atens
- Iloko: Atenas
- Indonesian: Athena
- Indonesian: Kota Athena
- Ingush: Афины
- Interlingua: Athenas
- Interlingue: Athina
- Irish: An Aithin
- Italian: Atene
- Jamaican Creole English: Atenz
- Japanese: アテネ
- Japanese: エレソス
- Javanese: Aténa
- Kabardian: Афинхэр
- Kabiyè: Atɛnɩ
- Kabyle: Atena
- Kalmyk: Атен балһсн
- Kannada: ಅಥೆನ್ಸ್
- Kara-Kalpak: Afina
- Karachay-Balkar: Афинле
- Kashubian: Atenë
- Kazakh: Афина
- Kazakh: Афины
- Kirghiz: Афины
- Komi: Афинъяс
- Korean: 아테네
- Korean: 아테네 시
- Kotava: Atina
- Kurdish: Atîna
- Ladino: Atena
- Ladino: Atina
- Lao: Atenas
- Latin: Athenae
- Latvian: Atēnas
- Lezghian: Афинар
- Lezghian: Афинаяр
- Ligurian: Aten
- Limburgan: Athene
- Lingala: Atenis
- Lingua Franca Nova: Atina
- Literary Chinese: 雅典
- Lithuanian: Atėnai
- Livvi: Afiinat
- Lojban: atenas
- Lombard: Atene
- Low German: Athen
- Low German: Athene
- Lower Sorbian: Atheny
- Luxembourgish: Athen
- Macedo-Romanian: Athina
- Macedonian: Атина
- Maithili: एथेन्स
- Malagasy: Atena
- Malagasy: Athens
- Malay: Athens
- Malayalam: ഏതൻസ്
- Maltese: Ateni
- Manipuri: ꯑꯦꯊꯦꯟꯁ
- Manx: Yn Atheen
- Maori: Ātene
- Marathi: अथेन्स
- Mazanderani: آتن
- Min Dong Chinese: Ngà-diēng
- Min Dong Chinese: Ngā-diēng
- Min Nan Chinese: Athens
- Min Nan Chinese: Athina
- Min Nan Chinese: Athína
- Min Nan Chinese: Ngá-tián
- Minangkabau: Athena
- Mingrelian: ათენი
- Mirandese: Atenas
- Moksha: Афитт
- Mongolian: Афин
- Mongolian: ꯑꯦꯊꯦꯟꯁ
- Moroccan Arabic: أتينا
- Nauru: Atens
- Navajo: Tsékʼi Ííyah Daniiʼáii
- Neapolitan: Atene
- Nepali: एथेन्स
- Newari: एथेन्स
- Northern Frisian: Atheen
- Northern Frisian: Athen
- Northern Luri: آتن
- Northern Sami: Athena
- Norwegian: Aten
- Norwegian: Athen
- Norwegian Bokmål: Aten
- Norwegian Bokmål: Athen
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Aten
- Novial: Atena
- Nyanja: Athens
- Occitan (post 1500): Atenas
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܐܬܝܢܐ
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܐܬܢܘܣ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Athēnas
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Aþēnas
- Oriya: ଏଥେନ୍ସ
- Ossetian: Афинæтæ
- Pampanga: Atenas
- Pampanga: Athens
- Panjabi: ਐਥਨਜ਼
- Papiamento: Atenas
- Persian: آتن
- Persian: آتِن، آتَن، آتنِه
- Picard: Atène
- Picard: Atènes
- Piemontese: Atene
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Athens
- Polish: Ateny
- Pontic: Αθήνα
- Portuguese: Atenas
- Pushto: آتن
- Pushto: اتن
- Quechua: Athina
- Romanian: Atena
- Romansh: Athen
- Russia Buriat: Афина
- Russian: Афины
- Rusyn: Атены
- Samoan: Atenai
- Samogitian: Atienā
- Sardinian: Atene
- Saterfriesisch: Athene
- Scots: Athens
- Scottish Gaelic: An Àithne
- Serbian: Atina
- Serbian: Атина
- Serbo-Croatian: Atena
- Shona: Athens
- Sicilian: Ateni
- Silesian: Atyny
- Sindhi: اٿينس
- Sinhala: ඇතන්ස්
- Slovak: Atény
- Slovenian: Atene
- South Azerbaijani: آتن
- Spanish: Atenas
- Swahili: Athens
- Swedish: Aten
- Swedish: Athen
- Swiss German: Athen
- Tagalog: Atenas
- Tagalog: Athína
- Tagalog: Lungsod ng Athína
- Tajik: Афина
- Talysh: Afina
- Tamil: அதென்ஸ்
- Tamil: ஏதென்ஸ்
- Tatar: Афин
- Tatar: Афина
- Tatar: Афиннар
- Telugu: ఏథెన్స్
- Thai: เอเธนส์
- Tibetan: ཨ་ཐེན།
- Tok Pisin: Aten
- Tosk Albanian: Athen
- Turkish: Atina
- Turkmen: Afiny
- Twi: Athens
- Udmurt: Афины
- Uighur: ئافېنا
- Ukrainian: Атени
- Ukrainian: Афіни
- Upper Sorbian: Athen
- Upper Sorbian: Atheny
- Urdu: اتھینا
- Urdu: اتھینہ
- Urdu: اثینا
- Urdu: اثینہ
- Urdu: ایتھنز
- Uzbek: Afina
- Venetian: Atene
- Veps: Afinad
- Vietnamese: Athena
- Vlaams: Athene
- Vlax Romani: Athens
- Volapük: Aten
- Volapük: Atina
- Võro: Ateena
- Walloon: Atene
- Waray (Philippines): Atenas
- Welsh: Athen
- Western Armenian: Աթէնք
- Western Frisian: Atene
- Western Panjabi: ایتھنز
- Wolof: Aten
- Wu Chinese: 雅典
- Yakut: Атина
- Yiddish: אטען
- Yoruba: Áténì
- Yue Chinese: 雅典
- Zeeuws: Athene
- Zulu: I-Athene
- Afini
- Athenai
- Athine
- Athinia
- Athénes
- Atēna
- Atɛns
- ma tomo Asina
- ئەتینا
Other Places Named Athens
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- KolonakiSuburb
- AnafiotikaNeighbourhood
- ΡηγίλληςLocality
- MonastirakiQuarter
- MonastirakiNeighbourhood
- ΜακρυγιάννηLocality
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