Magnesia
Magnesia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Thessaly. Its capital is the city of Volos. 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.Photo: Giuliagi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Volos
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Volos is a city of 86,000 people in Thessaly, almost midway between Athens and Thessaloniki.
Almyros
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Almyros or Halmyros is a town and a municipality of the regional unit of Magnesia, region of Thessaly, Greece.
Chorefto
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Zagora, Pouri, Chorefto, Agii Saranta, Makrirrachi, Ovrios are in Northeast Pelion.
Destinations
Mount Pelion
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Mount Pelion forms a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the Aegean Sea.
Nea Anchialos
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Nea Anchialos is a small seashore town 18 km southeast of Volos, in Thessaly, almost in the middle of the distance between Athens and Thessaloniki.
Velestino
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Velestino is a town in the Magnesia regional unit, Thessaly, Greece.
Pteleos
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Pteleos is a village and a former municipality in the southern part of Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece.
Keramidi
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Keramidi is a village and a former community in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece.
Amaliapolis
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Amaliapolis, or Amaliapoli, is a beautiful seaside village about 60km south of Volos, on the western side of the Pagasetic Gulf in Greece.
Kanalia
Kanalia is a village and community in Thessaly, Greece, part of the municipality Rigas Feraios.Ano Volos
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Ano Volos and Alli Meria, Anakasia, Agios Onoufrios are north of Volos.
Magnesia
- Type: regional unit of Greece with 205,000 residents
- Description: regional unit in Thessaly, Greece
- Location: Thessaly, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude of centre
39.25° or 39° 15' northLongitude of centre
22.75° or 22° 45' eastPopulation
205,000Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)GeoNames ID
258013Wikidata ID
Q1884468Magnesia Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: ماغنيسيا
- Arabic: مقنيسية
- 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: 玛戈尼西亚
- 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
- English: Magnesia Regional Unit
- Esperanto: Regiona Unuo Magnezio
- Estonian: Magneesia piirkonnaüksus
- 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
- Italian: Magnesia
- Japanese: マグネシア地方
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Magnisía
- Polish: Jednostka regionalna Magnezja
- Russian: Магнисия
- Spanish: Magnesia
- Spanish: Perifereiakí Enótita Magnisías
- Spanish: Unidad Regional de Magnesia
- Spanish: Unidad periferica de Magnesia
- Spanish: Unidad periférica de Magnesia
- Spanish: unidad periférica de Magnesia
- Spanish: Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Μαγνησίας
- Swedish: Magnesien
- Urdu: ماگنیسیا
- Urdu: مقنیسیا
- Western Panjabi: ماگنیسیا (علاقائی اکائی)
- Western Panjabi: ماگنیسیا
- Nomos Magnisias
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Magnesia. Photo: Giuliagi, CC BY-SA 3.0.