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Seal of Athens
Athens is located in Greece
Country: Greece
Periphery: Attica
Districts: 7
Mayor: Kostas Bakoyannis  (New Democracy)
(since: 1 September 2019)
Population statistics (as of 2011[1])
 - Population: 3,737,550
 - Area: 2,928.717 km² (1,131 sq mi)
 - Population: 655,780
 - Area: 38.964 km² (15 sq mi)
Postal: 10x xx, 11x xx, 120 xx
Telephone: 21
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Athens is the capital city of Greece. It is one of the most famous cities in the world. Scholars disagree on whether the city is named for the goddess Athena, or the goddess for the city. Athens has a population of about 4 million people and is growing. It is in the prefecture, or division of the country, of Attica. It has a borderline cold semi-arid climate (BSk in the Köppen climate classification) and a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa in the Köppen climate classification). The average rainfall is relatively low, due to the rain shadow from the Parnitha mountains. Frost is infrequent and snow does not occur every winter.

History of Athens[change | change source]




Athens was freed from the Turks during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1833). It was an unimportant little town then, but the Greeks made it their capital.

Events[change | change source]

Sister cities[change | change source]

Athens has these sister cities:

References[change | change source]

  1. "(875 KB) 2001 Census" (PDF). National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) (in Greek). Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  3. "Home". Chicago Sister Cities.

Other websites[change | change source]