Poeeessa, also spelled Poeessa, was a town of ancient Keos, an island in the Cyclades of Greece, situated on a steep promontory on the island's southwestern side. According to myth it was founded by Aeacus in the sixth century BC, and its site is located near the modern settlement of Poisses. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Founding Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Poeeessa (Wikipedia)
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It was founded in the 6th century BC. According to myths the Aeacus founded the city.
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It was founded in the 6th century BC.
Lead section, founding statement
It was founded in the 6th century BC.
- In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source2. Poeeessa (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 37.5965, longitude 24.27525
3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 37.5965,24.2752
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 106.0
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 37.75, 24.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 24.25
37.75 24.25 Csa
5. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, europe zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Europe/Athens; GR has this one zone in zone1970.tabQuote, Zone Europe/Athens; GR has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Europe/Athens 1:34:52 - LMT 1895 Sep 14 ... # go with EU rules instead, since Greece joined Jan 1. 2:00 EU EE%sT
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