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Adranon

Southern Europe

Adranon, also called Adranos and known today as Adrano, was an ancient polis of Magna Graecia on the southwestern slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily, near the Simeto River.

Facts
Founding Year
400 BCE 1
Founding Year
400 BCE 1
Latitude
37.6625 degrees north 2
Longitude
14.836111 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Highland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 5
Sources
1. Wikipedia (Italian): Adranon
Wikipedia (Italian)Article text: founding statement
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Secondo Diodoro Siculo, la città greca fu fondata da Dionigi di Siracusa, nel 400 a.C.
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2. Adranon (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
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latitude 37.6625, longitude 14.836111
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3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 37.6625,14.8361
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
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"elevation": 564.0
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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 37.75, 14.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 14.75
37.75 14.75 Csa
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5. GeoNames: Adrano - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2525769, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.31 km)
Quote, cities500 record 2525769, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.31 km)
37.66358 14.83283 P PPLA3 IT 15 CT 087006 34446 560 562 Europe/Rome
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Wikidata: Adranon
Wikidata Q28219837, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Adranon (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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