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Tium

Western Asia

Tium, also known as Phileios, was an ancient settlement on the south coast of the Black Sea at the mouth of the river Billaeus, in what is now Turkey. Ancient writers differed on whether to place it in Paphlagonia or in Bithynia.

Facts
Founding Year
700 BCE to 601 BCE 1
Latitude
41.561257 degrees north 2
Longitude
32.023112 degrees east 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 4
Sources
1. Tium (Wikipedia)
  • History
    The town was founded as a colony from the Greek city of Miletus in the 7th century BCE.
  • History section
    The town was founded as a colony from the Greek city of Miletus in the 7th century BCE.
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2. Tium (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 41.561257, longitude 32.023112
  • In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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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 41.75, 32.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 41.75, 32.25
41.75 32.25 Cfa
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4. GeoNames: Filyos - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 745583, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.83 km)
Quote, cities500 record 745583, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.83 km)
41.55383 32.02389 P PPLA3 TR 85 8632508 0 31 Europe/Istanbul
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Wikidata: Tium
Wikidata Q11951926, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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