Papagou

Infobox Greek Dimos
name = Papagou
name_local = Παπάγου


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lat_deg = 37
lat_min = 59
lon_deg = 23
lon_min = 47
elevation_min =
elevation_max =
elevation = 200
periph = Attica
prefec = Athens
districts = 1
mayor = Vasíleios Xýdis
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since =
population_as_of = 2001
population = 13207
area = 3.375
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postal_code = 156 xx
area_code = 210
licence = Z
website = [http://www.dimos-papagou.gr www.dimos-papagou.gr]

Papagou, uncommonly Papagos or Pappagos ( _el. Παπάγου) is a suburb in the northeastern part of Athens, Greece. The city is named after Marshal Alexandros Papagos, a Greek Army General who served in the Second World War. It is located W of Attiki Odos (number 65), which is also known as the Hymettus Ring opened in 2004 with interchanges to the northeast and the southeast at Katechaki, W of Rafina, NW of Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, NE of Athens and Vouliagmenis Avenue and S of Kifissia and its northern suburbs. Papagou is accessed with the main roads of Katechaki Street, with another main road linking to Olaf Palme Street in the south in Zografou, and Mesogeios Avenue in Neo Psychiko to the west.

The local flag color is white with a blue cross that is a little extended with a red line. The golden-bronze, bird-like and statue-like creature appears in its middle and a seal in the top left.

The area was made up of farmlands to the west and the rocky areas of the Hymettus. Urban development replaced much of the farmlands in the 1950s, up to around the 1970s or 1980s. Today, the western and east-central parts of the municipality are urbanized, while its businesses lie within the main roads of Katechaki Avenue in Zografou and Mesogeios Avenue (Gr-54 eastbound) to the east. Many of its trees are aligned with the streets and in squares, and in 1998, the Hymettus Ring, which forms part of the Attiki Odos private superhighway system, began construction with an interchange to the northeast and a road link with Agia Paraskevi. Its hospital is located to the south, in Zografou.

Many of the residential streets have cul-de-sacs, and are most commonly named after local notable people. Forests and parks are to be found in three parts of Papagou the southern, the central and northern parts. A landfill of Athens is situated further east, which takes the central and the southern part of the Athens area's rubbish into this site; the area is about 200,000 to 250,000 square metres. The landfill has been in use since the mid to late 20th century.

ports

*Stadium of Papagou's basketball/soccer team, AS Papagou
*Stadium of Papagou's basketball team, Olympias Papagou, [http://www.olympias-papagou.gr Website]

Historical population

ee also

*List of municipalities of Attica

External links

* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?tb=1&city=Papagou&country=GR Mapquest - Papagou]
* [http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gr-papag.html Flag of Papagou]
* [http://www.dimos-papagou.gr/ City of Papagou official website] el icon

Northwest: Neo Psychiko	North: Cholargos
West: Athens	Papagou	East: Cholargos
	South: Zografou