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Horreum (Epirus)

Southern Europe

Horreum, also called Orraon or Horraon, was a Greek city of ancient Epirus, located on a hill beside the Amvrakikos Gulf in northwestern Greece, west of Ammotopos. Its position guarded the passage down to the Ioannina Basin.

Facts
Founding Year
400 BCE to 301 BCE 1
Latitude
39.271293 degrees north 2
Longitude
20.925136 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 5
Sources
1. Wikipedia (Greek): Όρραον
Wikipedia (Greek)Article text: founding statement
Quote, Article text: founding statement
Το Όρραον ιδρύθηκε τον 4ο αιώνα π.Χ. σε μια στρατηγική θέση (ύψωμα) πλησίον της Αρχαίας Αμβρακίας .
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2. Horreum (Epirus) (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 39.271293, longitude 20.925136
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3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 39.2713,20.9251
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 329.0
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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 39.25, 20.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 39.25, 20.75
39.25 20.75 Csa
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5. GeoNames: Ammótopos - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 265155, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.5 km)
Quote, cities500 record 265155, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.5 km)
39.27097 20.94257 P PPL GR ESYE21 20 9073 618 268 Europe/Athens
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Horreum (Epirus) (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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