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  2. Aridaia - Wikipedia

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    One is that "Aridea", is a corruption of the old name of the town "Ardea", which comes from the verb "Greek: Αρδεύω, lit. 'Irrigate', which is explained by the multiple rivers, streams, irrigation canals, etc. Another explanation is that the name "Aridea" comes from Philip III Arrideus, half-brother of Alexander the Great. [5]

  3. List of cities and towns in Greece - Wikipedia

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    The third-largest-city is Patras, with a metropolitan area of approximately 250,000 inhabitants. The table below lists the largest cities in Greece , by population size, using the official census results of 1991, [ 1 ] 2001, [ 2 ] 2011 [ 3 ] and 2021.

  4. Almopia - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Kingdom of Macedon with Almopia located in the central districts of the kingdom. The name Almopia (Ancient Greek: Ἀλμωπία, Almōpia) derives from the Almopes (Ἀλμῶπες), a Paeonian tribe that originally inhabited the area before being expelled from the region during the reign of Alexander I (r. 498–454 BC) when Almopia was incorporated into the ancient Macedonian ...

  5. Municipalities and communities of Greece - Wikipedia

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    The municipalities of Greece (Greek: δήμοι, romanized: dímoi) are the lowest level of government within the organizational structure of the state.As of 2021, there are 332 municipalities, further divided into 1036 municipal units and 6136 communities. [1]

  6. Geography of Greece - Wikipedia

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    Topographic map of Greece. Greece is located in South Eastern Europe, bordering the Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is a peninsular country, with an archipelago of about 3,000 islands. It has a total area of 131,957 km 2 (50,949 sq mi), [6] of which land area is 130,647 km 2 and internal waters (lakes and rivers) account for 1,310 km 2.

  7. List of Greek place names - Wikipedia

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    (A notable exception may be places such as Australia, which has one of the largest modern Greek-speaking communities outside Greece and Cyprus.) However, much of the Roman Empire did have significant Greek-speaking communities, as Greek had been a popular language among the Roman elite from the beginning.

  8. Administrative divisions of Greece - Wikipedia

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    The first level of administrative division is composed of the new decentralized administrations (αποκεντρωμένες διοικήσεις, apokentroménes dioikíseis), comprising two or three regions (except for Attica and Crete), run by a government-appointed general secretary, assisted by an advisory council drawn from the regional governors and the representatives of the ...

  9. List of settlements in Arcadia - Wikipedia

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    List of towns and villages in Greece This page was last edited on 11 April 2022, at 01:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...