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Coordinates: 37°54′N 23°45′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Greece Argyroupoli (Αργυρούπολη)

Coordinates 37°54′ N 23°45′ E
Country Greece
Periphery Attica
Prefecture Athens
Population 33,158 (2001)
Area 8.23 km²
Population density 4,030 /km²
Elevation 50 m
Postal code 164 xx
Area code 210
Licence plate code Z
Mayor Demetris Eystathiades
Website www.argyroupoli.gr

Argyroupoli (Greek: Αργυρούπολη/ις meaning "silver city" from αργύρος argyros silver and πολη polis city), older form: Argyroupolis, Latin: Argyropolis, is a suburb in the southern part of Athens, Greece. The Hymettus mountain is to the east and are mainly grasslands while forests are north of Argyroupoli. The nearest subway station is at Alexandros Panagoulis station. It serves access with the Attiki Odos (number 63), the Hymettus Ring to the north and Vouliagmenis Avenue to the west. It is located S of Athens, SE of Piraeus and NW of Sounio. Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... Image File history File links RedDot. ... Image File history File links Prefectures_Greece_grey. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... The peripheries (περιφέρειες) are the subnational divisions of Greece. ... Attica (in Greek: Αττική, Attike; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a periphery (subdivision) in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. ... Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos, Greek: νομοί, νομός)): See also List of the prefectures of Greece by area List of the prefectures of Greece by population density List of the prefectures of Greece by population External... Athens is one of the prefectures of Greece. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ... This is an alphabetical list by town of dialing codes in Greece. ... Greek car number plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (e. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Appearance lustrous white metal Atomic mass 107. ... Nickname: City of Athena or Cradle of Democracy Location of the city of Athens (red dot) within the Prefecture of Athens and Periphery of Attica Coordinates: Country Greece Peripheries Attica Prefecture Athens Founded circa 2000 BC Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis Area    - City 38. ... Hymettus, also Hymettos (Gr. ... Exhibition of archaeological finds that came to light during the construction of the project displayed at Metro station Syntagma, Athens. ... Attiki Odos (Greek: Αττική Οδος) is a private-owned superhighway in Greece. ... View of Piraeus A night ferry about to leave the port of Piraeus for the Dodecanese Piraeus, or Peiraeus (Modern Greek: Πειραιάς Peiraiás or Pireás, Ancient Greek / Katharevousa: Πειραιεύς Pireéfs) is a city in the periphery of Attica, Greece, located south of Athens. ... Cape Sounion, looking out to the Aegean islands The cape of Sounion or Sounio, previously known as Sunium (in ancient Greek Σούνιον) is located 65 kilometres south-east of Athens, in Attica. ...


The area were made up of farmlands that were mainly pastures or groves. In the 1960s and the 1990s, urban development and a few businesses replaced much of the farmlands. Argyroupoli has no farmlands left. The nearest beach is in Alimos. Businesses are within Vouliagmenis Avenue to the west. Roads are partially lined from north to south. A major avenue is Cyprus avenue that houses many business and cuts the city in half from East to West. The second major avenue is Marinou Geroulanou that houses the major residential areas of the city. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ...


Argyroupoli has schools, a few lyceums, a few gymnasia, banks, a post office and squares (plateies) including Agia Triada square. In addition its has a state of the art Gymnastics complex. The city's athletic association is called A.O.N.A., meaning Athletic Association of Youth of Argyroupolis. Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...


Argyroupoli is named after its counterpart in Northeastern Turkey, modern Gümüşhane. Gümüşhane translated means Argyroupoli or "silver city". It acquired this name from the many Pontic Greek refugees who settled from Pontus as a result of the exchange of populations during World War I. The majority of these refugees were from Gümüşhane. Argyroupoli resembles its Turkish counterpart. It is built on a plain with the Hymettus mountain to its North. Its Turkish counterpart is also built on a plain with the Pontic Alps to the North. This explains the reasoning behind the name. The first church to be built in Argyroupoli is Αγία Βαρβάρα (St. Barbara). St. Barbara was the patron saint of the now Turkish city. Gümüşhane is a city in northeastern Turkey. ... Traditional rural Pontic house The term Pontic Greeks, Pontian Greeks, Pontians or Greeks of Pontus (Greek: Πόντιοι, Ποντιακοί or Έλληνες του Πόντου, Turkish: Pontuslular or Pontus Rumları) can refer to Greeks specifically from the area of Pontus on the Black Sea coast of Eastern Turkey, or in other cases more generally all Greeks from the... Traditional rural Pontic house A man in traditional clothes from Trabzon, illustration Pontus is the name which was applied, in ancient times, to extensive tracts of country in the northeast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) bordering on the Euxine (Black Sea), which was often called simply Pontos (the main), by... Cartoon The 1923 Exchange of Populations between Greece and Turkey refers to the first large scale population exchange, or agreed mutual expulsion in the 20th century. ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz... Hymettus, also Hymettos (Gr. ... The Pontic Mountains (Turkish DoÄŸu Karadeniz DaÄŸları) are a range of mountains in northern Turkey, whose eastern end extends into southeastern Georgia. ...


Historical population

Year Municipal population Change
1981 26,108 -
1991 31,530 5,422/20.77%

1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

  • Mapquest - Argyroupoli, street map not available
  • Coordinates: 37°54′10″N, 23°44′41″E
  • http://www.deada.gr/
  • http://www.argyroupoli-net.gr/




North: Ilioupoli
West: Alimos
Argyroupoli East: Kropia
Southwest: Elliniko South: Glyfada

Ilioupoli (Greek, Modern: Ηλιούπολη, Ancient/Katharevousa: -is meaning sun city), older forms: Hilioupoli and Ilioupolis is a suburb in the east southeastern part of Athens, Greece. ... Alimos (Greek: Άλιμος), Latin and older form: Alimus, is a suburb in the south southwestern part of Athens, Greece. ... Koropi is also a village in the prefecture of Magnesia, see Koropi (Magnesia), Greece Koropi (Greek, Modern: Κορωπί, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), is a suburb in the eastern part of Athens, Greece. ... Ellinikon (Greek: Ελληνικό, meaning Greek) is a suburb of Athens, Greece. ... Glyfada (Greek: Γλυφάδα) is a rather exclusive municipality of Athens in Greece south of Ellinikon and Athens with three main roads. ...

See also

Municipalities and communities of the Athens Prefecture
Agia ParaskeviAgia VarvaraAgioi AnargyroiAgios DimitriosAigaleoAlimosAmarousiArgyroupoliAthensChaidariChalandriCholargosDafniEllinikonFilotheiGalatsiGlyfadaIlioIlioupoliIrakleioKaisarianiKallitheaKamateroKifissiaLykovrysiMelissiaMetamorfosiMoschatoNea ChalkidonaNea ErythraiaNea FiladelfeiaNea IoniaNea SmyrniNeo PsychikoPalaio FaliroPapagouPefkiPeristeriPetroupoliPsychikoTavrosVrilissiaVyronasYmittosZografou
EkaliNea PenteliPenteli

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