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Agia Varvara  (Αγία Βαρβάρα)
Location
Coordinates 38°00′N 23°39′E / 38, 23.65Coordinates: 38°00′N 23°39′E / 38, 23.65
Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (center): 70 m (230 ft)
Government
Country: Greece
Periphery: Attica
Prefecture: Athens
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Municipality
 - Population: 30,562
 - Area: 2.425 km² (1 sq.mi.)
 - Density: 12,603 /km² (32,641 /sq.mi.)
Codes
Postal codes: 123 xx
Area codes: 210
License plate codes: Z
Website
www.agiavarvara.gr

Agia Varvara (Greek: Άγια Βαρβάρα, meaning Saint Barbara), older form Ayia Varvara is a suburb in the western part of Athens, Greece. The mountaintop of the southern part of Aigaleo lies to the west along with a street linking Nikaia and Chaidari. It is also located SE of Eleusis, S of GR-8A and Athinon Avenue, SW of Thivon Avenue, W of Kifissou Avenue (GR-1/E75, and Athens, NW of Poseidonos Avenue and about 7 km NE of Piraeus. The city has main streets including Gregori Lambraki Street and Petrou Ralli Street that is divided into two way roads which is also linked. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 685 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (800 × 700 pixel, file size: 27 KB, MIME type: image/png) Other versions Adapted from Image:Greece outline map. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... 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Athens (ancient Greek: αἱ Ἀθῆναι (plural), evolving into the modern αι Αθήναι in Greek until recently, and η Αθήνα nowadays (IPA : singular see below: Origin of the name ) is both the largest and the capital city of Greece, located in the Attica periphery. ... Eleusis (Game) The cardgame invented by Robert Abbott in 1962, and later popularized in 1977 by Martin Gardner in his Mathematical Games column in Scientific American magazine. ... A non-freeway part of the road Greece Interstate 8A, sometimes Greece Interstate 8 is a toll road running from Kifissou avenue, in Athens up to the northeast of Patras. ... Greece Interstate 1 is one of the longest highways in Greece. ... The E75 is part of the Trans European Road Network, which is a series of main roads in the European Union. ... 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The area was mainly made up of farmlands. Mixed farming was common. Urban development replaced much of the farmlands between the 1940s and the 1970s. Today, most of the municipality are urbanized or residential. The rocky landscape of Aigaleo with a few bushes and pine forests lies to the northwest. The mountaintop is to the west. The industrial area lies to the east where the company named Viochrom SA is located. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ... Aegaleo (Greek Αιγάλεω Aig leo, Latin Aegaleus), also Aigaleo and Egaleo, is a mountain in Greece. ... Subgenera Subgenus Strobus Subgenus Ducampopinus Subgenus Pinus See Pinus classification for complete taxonomy to species level. ... Here is a list of companies of Greece , including Television companies. ...


The area are made up of hills with exception of the west and the northwest where the Aegaleo ranges are located. Aegaleo (Greek Αιγάλεω Aigáleo, Latin Aegaleus), also Aigaleo and Egaleo, is a mountain in Greece. ...


The station of Attiko Metro named Agia Varvara will open in the future. Presently since 2004, the nearest subway station is located in Aegaleo (but it still under construction and it is going to be open in late 2006 or early 2007). Exhibition of archaeological finds that came to light during the construction of the project displayed at Metro station Syntagma, Athens. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Other

Agia Varvara has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a police station, a post office, a soccer team, a hospital named the General Hospital of Western Attica and squares (plateies). Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...


Historical population

Year Municipal population Change Density
1981 29,259 - about 14,629.5/km²
1991 28,706 -553/-18.9% about 14,353/km²

Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...

External links

  • Mapquest - Agia Varvara, street map not yet available
North: Chaidari
West: Nikaia Agia Varvara East: Aigaleo
Southwest: Korydallos South: Nikaia

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