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Corinth (modern city)

Southern Europe

Corinth is a city in the Peloponnese region of Greece, about 78 kilometers west of Athens near the Isthmus of Corinth, with 30,816 residents within city limits and 38,485 in the municipal unit at the 2021 census, the second largest city in the Peloponnese region and capital of the Corinthia regional unit. Built as New Corinth starting in 1858 after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake destroyed the earlier settlement three kilometers to the southwest, it was rebuilt again after further earthquake damage in 1928 and a fire in 1933, and it now serves as a major industrial and road hub for the Peloponnesian peninsula, near the Corinth Canal, completed in 1893, which passes about 4 kilometers to its east.

Facts
Population
38,485 1
Area (sq km)
102.2 2
Founding Year
1858 1
Elevation (m)
10 2
Latitude
37.938611 degrees north 2
Longitude
22.927222 degrees east 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 4
Sources
1. Corinth (modern city) (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    It was founded as New Corinth (Greek: Νέα Κόρινθος, romanized: Néa Kórinthos) in 1858 after an earthquake destroyed the existing settlement of Corinth, which had developed in and around the site of the ancient city.
  • Lead paragraph, population
    population of 38,485
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Corinth (modern city) (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 37.938611, longitude 22.927222
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 10 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 102.2 sq km
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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 37.75, 22.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 22.75
37.75 22.75 Csa
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4. GeoNames: Kórinthos - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 259289, nearest place to the city coordinates (2.12 km)
Quote, cities500 record 259289, nearest place to the city coordinates (2.12 km)
37.94007 22.9513 P PPLA2 GR ESYE25 37 9243 30176 24 Europe/Athens
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