Perinthus, also known as Heraclea, was an ancient city of Thrace on the Propontis, near what is now Marmara Ereglisi in Turkey. According to John Tzetzes it had earlier been called Mygdonia, and it lay about 35 kilometers west of Selymbria and 90 kilometers west of Byzantium, built on the slope of a hill like an amphitheatre.
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Founding Year Founding Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Wikipedia (Turkish): Perinthos
Wikipedia (Turkish)Article text: founding statementQuote, Article text: founding statement
MÖ 600 yılında Samoslu koloniciler tarafından kurulduğu sanılmaktadır.
2. Perinthus (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 40.97089, longitude 27.95454
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source3. GeoNames: Marmara Ereğlisi - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevationQuote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 9 m
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 40.75, 27.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.75, 27.75
40.75 27.75 Csa
5. GeoNames: Marmara Ereğlisi - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 741725Quote, cities500 record 741725
40.96907 27.95503 P PPLA2 TR 59 8632555 10956 9 Europe/Istanbul
Wikidata: Perinthus
Wikidata Q11815679, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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