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Abdera, Spain

Southern Europe

Abdera was an ancient Carthaginian and Roman port on a hill above the modern town of Adra, on the southeastern Mediterranean coast of Spain. It lay between Malaca and Carthago Nova, in the district inhabited by the Bastuli.

Facts
Founding Year
800 BCE to 701 BCE 1
Latitude
36.7496 degrees north 2
Longitude
3.018 degrees west 2
Sources
1. Abdera, Spain (Wikipedia)
  • History section
    Abdera was founded in the 8th century BCE as a Phoenician colony.
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Abdera, Spain (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 36.7496, longitude -3.018
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