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Zagora (Greek: Ζαγορά) is a village and a former municipality on the Pelion peninsula in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece.Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Zagora-Mouresi, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. [2]
This is an incomplete list of ancient Greek cities, including colonies outside Greece, and including settlements that were not sovereign poleis.Many colonies outside Greece were soon assimilated to some other language but a city is included here if at any time its population or the dominant stratum within it spoke Greek.
The city surrendered in 1669, and the Venetians and most of the population were allowed to leave peacefully, sparing the city from being sacked. [5] After occupying the city, the Ottomans repaired and maintained its fortifications. The bastions were given Turkish names, for example Martinengo Bastion became Giouksek Tabia. [3]
The third-largest-city is Patras, with a metropolitan area of approximately 250,000 inhabitants. The table below lists the largest cities in Greece , by population size, using the official census results of 1991, [ 1 ] 2001, [ 2 ] 2011 [ 3 ] and 2021.
Zagori (Greek: Ζαγόρι; Aromanian: Zagori), is a region, a municipality, and a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the Pindus mountains in Epirus, in northwestern Greece.
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It is the fourth largest city in Greece with a municipal population of 179,302 (2021) [3] and 211,370 in its wider metropolitan area, [5] according to the 2011 census. The greater area of Heraklion has been continuously inhabited since at least 7000 BCE, making it one of the oldest inhabited regions in Europe.
Larissa (/ l ə ˈ r ɪ s ə /; Greek: Λάρισα, Lárisa, pronounced ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 148,562 in the city proper, according to the 2021 census. [2] It is also capital of the Larissa regional unit.