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Heraeum (Thrace)

Western Asia

Heraeum, also known as Heraion or Heraion Teichos, was a Greek city in ancient Thrace, located on the Propontis a little east of Bisanthe, in what is now European Turkey. It was founded around 600 BCE as a colony of Samos, and in some ancient itineraries the place is called Hiereum or Ereon. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Founding Year
600 BCE 1
Founding Year
600 BCE 1
Latitude
41.004921 degrees north 2
Longitude
27.689881 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 5
Sources
1. Heraeum (Thrace)
  • History
    The city was a Samian colony and founded around 600 BC
  • In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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2. Heraeum (Thrace) (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
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latitude 41.004921, longitude 27.689881
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3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 41.0049,27.6899
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
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"elevation": 17.0
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 41.25, 27.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 41.25, 27.75
41.25 27.75 Csa
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5. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, europe zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Europe/Istanbul; TR has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Quote, Zone Europe/Istanbul; TR has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Europe/Istanbul 1:55:52 - LMT 1880 ... 2:00 EU EE%sT 2016 Sep 7 3:00 - %z
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