Piraeus

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Piraeus, or Peiraeus (Modern Greek: ???????? Peiraiás or Pireás, Ancient Greek / Katharevousa: ????????? Pireéfs) is a city in the prefecture of Attica, Greece, located south of Athens. It was the port of the ancient city of Athens (see History of Athens), and was chosen to serve as the modern port when Athens was re-founded in 1834. Piraeus remains a major shipping and industrial centre, and is the terminus for Line 1 (the "green line"), the electric train service now incorporated into the Athens Metro.

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Katharevousa - Prefecture of Attica - Greece - Athens - History of Athens - 1834 - Athens Metro

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The population of the demos (municipality) of Piraeus (????? ??????ó?) is 175,697 (2001). The nomarchia of Piraeus, which includes the surrounding land and some of the islands of the Saronic Gulf, has a population of 541,504 (2001). It consists of a rocky promontory, containing three natural harbours, a large one on the north-west which is an important commercial harbour for the eastern Mediterranean Sea, and two smaller ones used for naval purposes. The port serves ferry routes to almost every island in the eastern portion of Greece, the island of Crete, the Cyclades, the Dodecanese, and much of the northern and the eastern Aegean. The western part of the port is used for cargo services and covers a huge area. Much of that part of the harbour is in suburban Drapetsona.

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Saronic Gulf - Mediterranean Sea - Crete - Cyclades - Dodecanese - Aegean

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