Apollonia was an ancient town in Mygdonia, a district of the kingdom of Macedon, sited south of Lake Volvi and north of the Chalcidice mountains between Amphipolis and Thessalonica; its remains lie near the modern village of Nea Apollonia in central Macedonia, Greece. It is first attested in the fourth century BC by Xenophon and later flourished as a waystation on the Roman Via Egnatia, the road linking the Adriatic to Byzantium. The apostle Paul is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles as having passed through the town on his second missionary journey. Excavations have uncovered about 3.1 kilometers of fortifications, pottery workshops, and an Early Christian basilica showing the town remained inhabited into late antiquity.
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Latitude40.622167 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Apollonia (Mygdonia) (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 40.622167, longitude 23.467667
2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 40.6222,23.4677
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 89.0
3. 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 40.75, 23.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.75, 23.25
40.75 23.25 Cfa
4. GeoNames: Néa Apollonía - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 735025, nearest place to the city coordinates (2.3 km)Quote, cities500 record 735025, nearest place to the city coordinates (2.3 km)
40.62558 23.44074 P PPL GR ESYE12 13 9027 1652 108 Europe/Athens
Apollonia (Mygdonia) (Wikipedia)
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