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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
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 5
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)
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latitude 36.7496, longitude -3.018
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3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 36.7496,-3.018
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
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"elevation": 24.0
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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 36.75, -3.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 36.75, -3.25
36.75 -3.25 Csa
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5. GeoNames: Adra - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2522430, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.28 km)
Quote, cities500 record 2522430, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.28 km)
36.74831 -3.02076 P PPLA3 ES 51 AL 04003 24373 12 Europe/Madrid
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