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Ambracia

Southern Europe

Ambracia was a city of ancient Greece on the site of what is now Arta, founded by the Corinthians in 625 BC. It stood about 11 kilometers from the Ambracian Gulf, on a bend of the navigable river Arachthos, amid a fertile wooded plain.

Facts
Population
21,799 1
Founding Year
625 BCE 2
Elevation (m)
36 3
Latitude
39.158 degrees north 3
Longitude
20.987 degrees east 3
Elevation Band
Lowland 4
Climate Zone
Temperate 5
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 6
Sources
1. City Population (citypopulation.de): Greece: Regions and Agglomerations
City Population (citypopulation.de)Cities table, 2021-10-22 census column (Arta)
Quote, Cities table, 2021-10-22 census column (Arta)
Árta Sett IPI Άρτα 21,170 22,390 21,895 21,799 0
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2. Ambracia (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    It was founded by the Corinthians in 625 BC and was situated about 11 km (7 mi) from the Ambracian Gulf, on a bend of the navigable river Arachthos (or Aratthus), in the midst of a fertile wooded plain.
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. Ambracia (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 39.158, longitude 20.987
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 36 m
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4. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 39.158,20.987
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 80.0
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5. 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 39.25, 20.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 39.25, 20.75
39.25 20.75 Csa
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6. GeoNames: Árta - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 264559, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.27 km)
Quote, cities500 record 264559, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.27 km)
39.16014 20.98561 P PPLA2 GR ESYE21 20 9073 21895 52 Europe/Athens
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Wikidata: Ambracia
Wikidata Q661559, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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