Farsala

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Farsala (Greek: ???????), ancient times: Pharsalus is one of the largest cities in the prefecture and is also a municipality as well as a province. Farsala is located in southern Thessaly as well as southern Larissa Prefecture. Farsala is linked with GR-3, the old highway linking Larissa and Lamia and is al accessed with GR-30 linking Karditsa and Volos. The superhighway, GR-1/E65 and E75 runs to the east. Farsala is not bypassed. The mountains that are made up of several randes are to the south while the Thessalian Plain lies to the north, some hills to the east and the Pharsalean Fields in the central part. Farsala is located SE of Karditsa, S of Larissa, W of Volos and N of Lamia.

Related Topics:
Greek - Larissa Prefecture - GR-3 - Larissa - Lamia - GR-30 - Karditsa - Volos - GR-1 - E65 - E75 - Thessalian Plain

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The area is an economic and the agricultural centre of the province. The population are mainly rural especially with cotton production and breeding, one of the many are in local production units in agricultural production as well as clothing and textile industries. The main production in Farsala is halva. The population is about 12,000 of which 9,000 live in the municipality. The population in 1981 was 7,211.

Related Topics:
Cotton - Halva

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