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Crithote (Thrace)

Western Asia

Crithote, also spelled Krithote, was an ancient Greek city in the Thracian Chersonesus, on the Hellespont north of Gallipoli. It was founded as an Athenian colony by Miltiades, and is named alongside Aegospotami, Cressa, and Pactya among the cities of the Thracian Chersonesus in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax.

Facts
Latitude
40.406725 degrees north 1
Longitude
26.651664 degrees east 1
Sources
1. Crithote (Thrace) (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 40.406725, longitude 26.651664
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Crithote (Thrace) (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source
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