Magnesia

:This article is about the region of Greece. For other meanings, see Magnesia (disambiguation)

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Magnesia (Greek: Μαγνησία Magnisia; see also List of traditional Greek place names), deriving from the Macedonian tribe name Magnetes, is the name of the southeastern area of Thessaly in central Greece. About two-thirds to three-fourths of the entire population live in the Greater Volos area which is the second-largest city in Thessaly. Much of the population live within the Pagasetic Gulf and the eastern part. Its area ranking is between Larissa Prefecture and Chalkida.

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Greek - List of traditional Greek place names - Macedon - Magnetes - Thessaly - Greece - Volos - Larissa Prefecture - Chalkida

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Homeland of the mythical heroes Jason, Peleus and his son Achilles.

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Jason - Peleus - Achilles

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The modern Magnesian capital is the city of Volos, and the homonymous prefecture includes the Almyros plain, Nea Anchialos archaeological excavations, the Pagasetic Gulf, the Mt. Pelion peninsula and the Sporades islands.

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Volos - Prefecture - Almyros - Nea Anchialos - Pagasetic Gulf - Pelion - Sporades

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It is bounded by Phthiotis in the southeast, and Larissa in the west and north. The lagoon of Lake Voivis is to the north and is surrounded with farmlands to the west and mountains to the east. It is one of the prefectures that is bounded with only two prefectures.

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Phthiotis - Larissa - Lake Voivis

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Most of the settlements are in the western part of the Sporades, southeastern, central, northwestern and along within the Pagasetic Gulf.

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