Salamina (city)

Infobox Greek Dimos
name = Salamina
name_local = Σαλαμίνα
periph = Attica
prefec = Piraeus
population = 30962
population_as_of = 2001
area = 80.992
elevation =
lat_deg = 37
lat_min = 58
lon_deg = 23
lon_min = 50
postal_code = 189 00
area_code = 21046
licence =
mayor = Spýros Sofrás
website = [http://www.salamina.gr/ www.salamina.gr]


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districts = 2
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elevation_max = 375

Salamina City (Greek: Σαλαμίνα), also Salamis City (Πόλη Σαλαμίνας) or Salamis (Σαλαμίς) (old-fashioned) , is the largest town and municipality on Salamis Island in Greece. It is located in the northern part of Piraeus Prefecture in the western fringes of the Athens metropolitan area in Greece. The town lies in the north central part of the island, at the northernmost point of Salamis Bay. It had a population of 25,730 inhabitants at the 2001 census. It is the municipal seat of the Municipality of Salamina, which has a land area of 80.992 km² and comprises about 84 percent of the island (all except the easternmost central coast, which comprise the Municipality of Ampelakia). The municipal population was 30,962 in 2001. It includes several other towns, the largest of which are Aiánteio (pop. 3,652), Stenó (288), Kanákia (278), Peristéria (215), Batsí (194), Kolónes (192), and Pérani (171).

Towns

*Salamina
*Aianteio

ee also

*Battle of Salamis
*Ajax the Great

Nearest areas

*Ampelakia, east

References

External links

* [http://www.salamina.gr/ Official website] en el icon
*Maps and aerial photos
*coord|37|57|2|N|23|31|27|E|region:GR
**Street map from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.9503&longitude=23.523&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] , [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=37.9503&lons1=23.523&alts1=35 MapPoint]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.9503,23.523&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=37.9503|23.253&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available