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{{about|the caipital ceity o Greece|ither uises|Athens (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name='''Athens'''
|name_local=Αθήνα <br /> Athīna
|image_map=2011 Dimos Athineon.png
|image_skyline=Athens Montage L.png
|imagesize=300
|caption_skyline=Frae upper left: the [[Acropolis o Athens|Acropolis]], the [[Hellenic Parliament]], the [[Zappeion]], the [[Acropolis Museum]], [[Monastiraki|Monastiraki Square]], Athens view towards the sea.
|city_flag=
|city_seal=
|coordinates = {{coord|37|58|N|23|43|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|periph=[[Attica]]
|periphunit  =[[Central Athens]]
|pop_municipality=655780
|area_municipality=38.964
|districts=7
|mayor=[[Giorgos Kaminis]]
|party=Independent
|since=29 December 2010 
|demonym=Athenian
|elevation_min=70
|elevation_max=338
|population_as_of=2011
|population_urban=3074160
|area_urban=412 
|population_metro=3737550
|area_metro=2928.717
|postal_code=10x xx, 11x xx, 120 xx
|area_code=21
|licence=Yxx, Zxx, Ixx (excluding ZAx and INx)
|website=[http://www.cityofathens.gr/ www.cityofathens.gr]
}}

'''Athens''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|θ|ɨ|n|z}};<ref>{{cite book
|title=Longman pronunciation dictionary
|first=John C.
|last=Wells
|publisher=Longman
|location=Harlow, England
|year=1990
|isbn=0-582-05383-8
|page=48
}} entry "Athens"
</ref> {{lang-ell|Αθήνα}}, ''Athína'', {{IPA-el|aˈθina|}}; {{lang-grc|Ἀθῆναι}}, ''Athēnai'') is the [[Caipital ceity|caipital]] an lairgest ceity o [[Greece]]. Athens dominates the [[Attica]] region an is ane o the [[:en:List o cities by time of continuous habitation|warld's auldest ceities]], wi its [[recordit history]] spannin aroond 3,400 year. [[Classical Athens]], as a landlockit location wis a pouerful [[Polis|ceity-state]] that emergit in conjunction wi the seagoin development o the port o [[Piraeus]]. A centre for the airts, learnin an [[filosofie]], hame o [[Plato]]'s [[Platonic Academy|Academy]] an [[Aristotle]]'s [[Lyceum#History|Lyceum]],<ref>{{cite web |website=www.yppo.gr |title=Contents and Principles of the Programme of Unification of the Archaeological Sites of Athens |publisher=Hellenic Ministry of Culture |url=http://www.yppo.gr/4/e4000.jsp?obj_id=90&lhmma_id=3817 |archive-date=2016-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821134233/http://www.yppo.gr/4/e4000.jsp?obj_id=90&lhmma_id=3817 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Greece uncovers 'holy grail' of Greek archeology |author=CNN & Associated Press |publisher=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9701/16/greece.lyceum/index.html |date=16 January 1997 |accessdate=28 March 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206113529/http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9701/16/greece.lyceum/index.html |archivedate=2007-12-06 |url-status=live }}</ref> it is widely referred tae as the [[cradle o ceevilization|cradle]] o Wastren ceevilization an the birthplace o [[democracy]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/40773/Athens |title=Athens |quote=Ancient Greek Athenai, historic city and capital of Greece. Many of classical civilization’s intellectual and artistic ideas originated there, and the city is generally considered to be the birthplace of Western civilization|accessdate=31 December 2008}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/greekdemocracy_01.shtml BBC History on Greek Democracy] – Accessed on 26 January 2007</ref> lairgely due tae the impact o its cultural an poleetical achievements durin the 5t an 4t centuries BC in later centuries on the rest o the then kent [[Europe|European continent]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091028030542/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_1741501460/Ancient_Greece.html Encarta Ancient Greece]from the Internet Archive– Retrieved on 28 February 2012.  31 October 2009.</ref> The day a cosmopolitan metropolis, modren Athens is central tae economic, feenancial, industrial, poleetical an cultural life in Greece. In 2008, Athens wis rankit the warld's [[Leet o ceities bi GDP|32nt richest ceity]] bi purchasin pouer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citymayors.com/economics/usb-purchasing-power.html |title=The most expensive and richest cities in the world |publisher=[[City Mayors]] |accessdate=12 May 2008 |year=2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506064245/http://www.citymayors.com/economics/usb-purchasing-power.html |archivedate=2008-05-06 |url-status=live }}</ref> an the 25t maist expensive<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citymayors.com/features/cost_survey.html |title=The lives of expatriates in the world’s most expensive cities |publisher=[[City Mayors]] |accessdate=26 December 2008 |year=2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224033730/http://www.citymayors.com/features/cost_survey.html |archivedate=2008-12-24 |url-status=live }}</ref> in a [[UBS AG|UBS]] study. The ceity is namit in honour o [[Athena]].

== History ==
Lang syne, Athens wis a feckfu ceity. It wis kent for the feck o learnin that happened thare, an wis hame tae [[Plato|Plato's]] Academy an [[Aristotle|Aristotle's]] [[Lyceum]]. It haed its ain [[Constitution]] an aw.

The [[Ottoman Turks]] teuk ower Athens in [[1458]]. The Turks made the [[Parthenon]] intae a [[Muslim]] [[mosque]].  The [[Parthenon]] wis later skaithed in [[1687]] whan gunpouder explodit ben the biggin.

Athens wis freed fae the Turks durin the Greek war o unthirldom (1821-33). It syne becam the caipital o Greece.

==Govrenment==
[[File:Prefectures of Attica athens.png|thumb|The umwhile [[Athens Prefectur]] (blue), athin the region o [[Attica]] (grey)]]

Athens became the [[Caipital ceity|caipital]] o Greece in 1834, follaein [[Nafplio]], which wis the proveesional caipital frae 1829. In addeetion, the municipality o Athens is the caipital o the Attica region. ''Athens'' can refer aither tae the municipality o Athens or tae the entire Athens [[Urban area]], which maks up the "Ceity o Athens" that sprawls athort the ''Attica Basin''.

===Attica Region===
The '''Athens Metropolitan Area''', sprawlin ower {{convert|2928.717|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}, is locatit athin the {{convert|3808|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}} [[Attica]] region. The region encompasses the maist populatit region o Greece, reachin 3,827,624 indwallers in 2011,<ref name=census11/> while it is housomeivver, ane o the smawest regions in the kintra.

The Attica region itsel is split intae aicht [[regional units o Greece|regional units]], oot o which the first fower form ''Greater Athens'', while the [[Piraeus (regional unit)|regional unit o Piraeus]] forms ''Greater Piraeus''. Thegither thay mak up the contiguous biggit up [[urban area]] o the Greek caipital, spanning ower {{convert|412|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Kallikratis>{{PDFlink|1=[http://www.kedke.gr/uploads2010/FEKB129211082010_kallikratis.pdf Kallikratis reform law text]}}</ref>
* [[North Athens]] (Urban area)
* [[Wast Athens]] (Urban area)
* [[Central Athens]] (Urban area)
* [[Sooth Athens]] (Urban area)
* [[Piraeus (regional unit)|Piraeus]] (Urban area)
* [[East Attica]] (Metropolitan area)
* [[Wast Attica]] (Metropolitan area)
* [[Islands (regional unit)|Islands]]

Till 2010, the first fower regional units abuin made up the abolisht [[Athens Prefectur]] (wha is referred tae as ''Greater Athens'') an aw, which wis the maist populous o the [[Prefecturs o Greece]] at the time, accoontin for 2,640,701 fowk (in 2011),<ref name=census11/> athin a area o {{convert|361|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name=area/>

===Athens Municipality===
[[File:Athens dimotiko diamerisma.PNG|thumb|The seiven destricts o Athens municipality]]

The [[municipality]] o Athens is the [[Leet o ceities in Greece|maist populous in Greece]], wi a population o 664,046 fowk (in 2011)<ref name=census11/> an a area o {{convert|39|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}},<ref name=area>{{cite web |url=http://www.ypes.gr/topiki.htm |title=Characteristics |work=Hellenic Interior Ministry |publisher=www.ypes.gr |accessdate=6 January 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104231706/http://www.ypes.gr/topiki.htm |archivedate=2007-01-04 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.ypes.gr/topiki.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-06-16 |archive-date=2007-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104231706/http://www.ypes.gr/topiki.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> formin the core o the Athens Urban Area athin the ''Attica Basin''. The current [[:en:List of mayors of Athens|mayor o Athens]] is [[Giorgos Kaminis]]. The municipality is dividit intae seiven municipal destricts which are mainly uised for admeenistrative purposes.

Population data for the 7 municipal destricts o Athens (2001 census):<ref>{{cite web |title=Hellenic Statistical Authority (EL.STAT) |url=https://www.statistics.gr/portal/page/portal/ESYE/PAGE-themes?p_param=A1604 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420174851/https://www.statistics.gr/portal/page/portal/ESYE/PAGE-themes?p_param=A1604 |archive-date=2015-04-20 |access-date=2024-03-24}}</ref>

1st: 97,570
2nt: 110,069
3rd: 48,305
4t: 87,672
5t: 95,234
6t: 147,181
7t: 159,483

For Athenians the maist popular wey o dividin the ceity proper is throu its neebourheids sic as [[Pangrati|Pagkrati]], [[Ambelokipi, Athens|Ambelokipi]], [[Exarcheia]], [[Patissia]], [[Ilissia]], [[Petralona]], [[Koukaki]] an [[Kypseli, Athens|Kypseli]], each wi its awn distinct history an characteristics.

The Athens municipality forms the core an centre o '''Greater Athens''' an aw which consists o the Athens municipality an 34 mair municipalities, which are dividit in the fower regional units mentioned abuin.

{|class="wikitable"
|+ '''Municipalities o Greater Athens'''
|-
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|
{|style="width: 100%; font-size: 80%;"
|-
|[[Central Athens|Central Section]]: ||1. Ceity o Athens ||2. [[Dafni-Ymittos|Dafni]] ||3. [[Ilioupoli]] ||4. [[Vyronas]] ||5. [[Kaisariani]] ||6. [[Zografou]] ||7. [[Galatsi]] ||8. '''[[Filadelfeia–Chalkidona|Filadelfeia]]'''
|}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
{|style="width: 100%; font-size: 80%;"
|-
|[[Wast Athens|Wast Section]]:
|-
|29. [[Egaleo]]
|-
|30. [[Agia Varvara]]
|-
|31. [[Chaidari]]
|-
|32. [[Peristeri]]
|-
|33. [[Petroupoli]]
|-
|34. [[Ilio, Greece|Ilion]]
|-
|35. [[Agioi Anargyroi]] – [[Kamatero]]
|}
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Athens Municipalities g2.jpg|470px|Athens]]
|style="text-align:center;"|
{|style="width: 100%; font-size: 80%;"
|-
|[[North Athens|North Section]]:
|-
|9. [[Nea Ionia]]
|-
|10. [[Irakleio, Attica|Irakleio]]
|-
|11. [[Metamorfosi]]
|-
|12. [[Lykovrysi]] – [[Pefki]]
|-
|13. [[Kifissia]]
|-
|14. [[Penteli, Greece|Penteli]] - [[Melissia]]
|-
|15. [[Marousi|Amarousio]]
|-
|16. [[Vrilissia]]
|-
|17. [[Agia Paraskevi|Ag. Paraskevi]]
|-
|18. [[Cholargos]] – [[Papagou]]
|-
|19. [[Chalandri]]
|-
|20. [[Filothei]] – [[Psychiko]]
|}
|-
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|
{|style="width: 100%; font-size: 80%;"
|-
|[[Sooth Athens|Sooth Section]]:||21. [[Glyfada]] ||22. [[Elliniko-Argyroupoli]] ||23. [[Alimos]] ||24. [[Agios Dimitrios]] ||25. [[Nea Smyrni]] ||26. [[Palaio Faliro|Faliro]] ||27. [[Kallithea]] ||28. [[Moschato–Tavros|Moschato]]
|}
|}

The municipalities o Greater Athens alang wi the municipalities athin Greater [[Piraeus]] ([[Piraeus (regional unit)|regional unit o Piraeus]]) form the Athens Urban Area, while the lairger metropolitan area includes several addeetional suburbs an touns surroondin the dense [[urban area]] o the Greek caipital.

== Sports ==
Athens haes several lairge sports clubs lik fitball clubs [[AEK Athens F.C.]], [[Panathinaikos F.C.]] an [[Panionios G.S.S]], basketbaa club [[Maroussi B.C.]] an handbaw club [[Sony Athinaikos Athens]].

=== Olympic Gemmes ===
* [[1896]] - The [[Simmer Olympic Gemmes]] teuk place in Athens.
* [[2004]] - The [[Simmer Olympic Gemmes]] teuk place in Athens.

== Internaitional relations ==
=== Twin touns – Sister ceities ===
Athens is [[twin touns an sister ceities|twinned]] wi:
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*{{flagicon|United States}} [[Athens, Georgie]], [[Unitit States]]<ref>{{cite web |date=2011 |title=Athens,GA : Sister Cities |url=http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714134505/http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/Athens,_GA::sub::Sister_Cities |archive-date=2011-07-14 |access-date=2024-03-24}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]] (1999)<ref name="Barcelona">{{cite web|url=http://w3.bcn.es/XMLServeis/XMLHomeLinkPl/0,4022,229724149_257215678_1,00.html|title=Barcelona internacional – Ciutats agermanades|publisher=Ajuntament de Barcelona|language=es|accessdate=13 July 2009|archive-date=2012-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127043638/http://w3.bcn.es/XMLServeis/XMLHomeLinkPl/0,4022,229724149_257215678_1,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|China}} [[Beijing]], [[Fowkrepublic o Cheenae|Cheenae]] (2005)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities/Sister_City/ |title=Beijing Sister Cities |accessdate=3 January 2007 |work=City of Beijing |publisher=www.ebeijing.gov.cn |archive-date=2010-01-17 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5mq6B2fdq?url=http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities/Sister_City/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beirut.gov.lb/MCMSTest/Menu-Pages/SisterCitiesEN.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=%2fwww%2ebeirut%2egov%2elb%2fMCMSEN%2fTwinning%2bthe%2bCities%2f&NRNODEGUID=%7b18839037-0140-436E-A1AF-7F8F3693C3E6%7d&NRCACHEHINT=NoModifyGuest |title=Twinnings of the city |accessdate=25 January 2008 |work=City of Beirut |publisher=www.beirut.gov.lb |archive-date=2008-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221055403/http://www.beirut.gov.lb/MCMSTest/Menu-Pages/SisterCitiesEN.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=%2Fwww.beirut.gov.lb%2FMCMSEN%2FTwinning+the+Cities%2F&NRNODEGUID=%7B18839037-0140-436E-A1AF-7F8F3693C3E6%7D&NRCACHEHINT=NoModifyGuest%23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Palestine}} [[Bethlehem]], [[State o Palestine|Palestine]] (1986)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.twinningwithpalestine.net/groupsinternational.html |title=Twinning with Palestine |work=Twinning With Palestine |accessdate=26 January 2008 |archive-date=2012-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628210624/http://www.twinningwithpalestine.net/groupsinternational.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="BethlehemTwinning">{{cite web |url=http://www.bethlehem-city.org/Twining.php |title=::Bethlehem Municipality:: |publisher=www.bethlehem-city.org |accessdate=10 October 2009 |archive-date=2010-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724140854/http://www.bethlehem-city.org/Twining.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Bucharest]], [[Romanie]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ase.ro/engleza/life_bucharest/history.asp |title=Academy of Economic Studies – Short History of Bucharest |accessdate=1 August 2008 |work=Bucharest University of Economics |archive-date=2007-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221121033/http://www.ase.ro/engleza/life_bucharest/history.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]] (1997)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagosistercities.com/index.php |title=Chicago Sister Cities |accessdate=3 January 2007 |work=City of Chicago |publisher=www.chicagosistercities.com |archive-date=2013-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311160401/http://www.chicagosistercities.com/index.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Cusco]], [[Peru]] (1991)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.municusco.gob.pe/ver.php?id=6 |title=Ciudades Hermanas |language=Spanish |work=Municipalidad del Cusco |publisher=www.municusco.gob.pe |accessdate=25 January 2008 |archive-date=2009-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803122352/http://www.municusco.gob.pe/ver.php?id=6 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/haber.php?haberno=94185 |publisher=Radikal |language=Turkish |date=3 November 2003 |title=İstanbul'a 49 kardeş |last=Erdem |first=Selim Efe |accessdate=25 January 2008 |work=Radikal}}</ref>
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* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Los Angeles]], [[Californie]], [[Unitit States]] (1984)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lacity.org/sistercities/ |title=Los Angeles Sister Cities |accessdate=3 January 2007 |work=City of Los Angeles |publisher=www.lacity.org |archive-date=2007-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104020957/http://www.lacity.org/sistercities/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Moscow]], [[Roushie]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mos.ru/wps/portal/!ut/p/c1/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3izECfXQHMPIwODQFMTAyMXFwNnFydvYwN3I6B8pFm8AQ7gaEBAdzjIPtwqDAwg8njM9_PIz03VL8iNMMgycVQEANg5rCU!/dl2/d1/L3dJVkkvd0xNQUJrQUVrQSEhL1lCcHhKRjFOQUEhIS82XzZUQkVRN0gyMDBRNTQwMkREMENEQkszMDA1LzdfNlRCRVE3SDIwMFE1NDAyREQwQ0RCSzMwODc!?nID=6_6TBEQ7H200Q5402DD0CDBK30G2&cID=6_6TBEQ7H200Q5402DD0CDBK30G2&documentId=102289#7_6TBEQ7H200Q5402DD0CDBK3087 |title=Moscow International Relations |date=June 2007 |accessdate=31 July 2008 |work=Moscow City Government |archive-date=2017-10-10 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171010203243/http://www.mos.ru/wps/portal/!ut/p/c1/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3izECfXQHMPIwODQFMTAyMXFwNnFydvYwN3I6B8pFm8AQ7gaEBAdzjIPtwqDAwg8njM9_PIz03VL8iNMMgycVQEANg5rCU!/dl2/d1/L3dJVkkvd0xNQUJrQUVrQSEhL1lCcHhKRjFOQUEhIS82XzZUQkVRN0gyMDBRNTQwMkREMENEQkszMDA1LzdfNlRCRVE3SDIwMFE1NDAyREQwQ0RCSzMwODc!?nID=6_6TBEQ7H200Q5402DD0CDBK30G2&cID=6_6TBEQ7H200Q5402DD0CDBK30G2&documentId=102289#7_6TBEQ7H200Q5402DD0CDBK3087 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Naples]], [[Italy]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comune.napoli.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/5931 |title=Gemellaggi |language=Italian |work=Comune di Napoli |accessdate=1 September 2008}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Nicosia]], [[Cyprus]] (1988)<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicosia:Twin Cities |url=http://www.nicosia.org.cy/english/lefkosia_twins_athens.shtm |accessdate=25 January 2008 |work=Nicosia Municipality |publisher=www.nicosia.org.cy |archive-date=2011-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524003246/http://www.nicosia.org.cy/english/lefkosia_twins_athens.shtm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Seoul]], [[Republic o Korea|Sooth Korea]] (2006)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.seoul.go.kr/gover/cooper/coo_02sis.html |title=International Cooperation: Sister Cities |accessdate=26 January 2008 |work=Seoul Metropolitan Government |publisher=www.seoul.go.kr |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210175055/http://english.seoul.go.kr/gover/cooper/coo_02sis.html |archivedate=2007-12-10 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Albania}} [[Tirana]], [[Albanie]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tirana.gov.al/common/images/International%20Relations.pdf |title=Twinning Cities: International Relations |accessdate=25 January 2008 |work=Municipality of Tirana |publisher=www.tirana.gov.al |archive-date=2011-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010042121/http://www.tirana.gov.al/common/images/International%20Relations.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Unitit States]] (2000)<ref>{{cite web |title=Protocol and International Affairs: Sister-City Agreements |url=http://os.dc.gov/os/cwp/view,a,1206,q,522336.asp |accessdate=25 January 2008 |work=District of Columbia |publisher=os.dc.gov |archive-date=2008-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513185356/http://os.dc.gov/os/cwp/view%2Ca%2C1206%2Cq%2C522336.asp#sister |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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=== Pairtnerships ===
* {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Belgrade]], [[Serbie]] (1966)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beograd.rs/cms/view.php?id=1225698 |title=International Cooperation |accessdate=26 January 2008 |work=Grad Beograd |publisher=www.beograd.rs}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Yerevan]], [[Armenie]] (1993)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yerevan.am/index.php?page=athina&lang=eng |title=International Cooperation: Sister Cities: Athens |accessdate=26 January 2008 |work=Yerevan Municipality |publisher=www.yerevan.am |archive-date=2009-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113231957/http://www.yerevan.am/index.php?page=athina&lang=eng |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|France}} [[Paris]], [[Fraunce]] (2000)
* {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Cali|Santiago de Cali]], [[Colombie]]
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== References ==
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==Freemit airtins==
{{sisterlinks|voy=Athens}}
;Offeecial
* [http://www.cityofathens.gr/en/ Cityofathens.gr] – Ceity o Athens offeecial wabsteid
* [http://www.visitgreece.gr/en/main_cities/athens Athens] The offeecial wabsteid o the Greek Naitional Tourism Organisation

{{Geographic location
|Centre=Athens
|North=[[Nea Filadelfeia]], [[Nea Ionia]] an [[Galatsi]]
|Northeast=[[Psychiko]], [[Neo Psychiko]] an [[Papagou]]
|East=[[Zografou]] an [[Kaisariani]]
|Southeast=[[Vyronas]], [[Ymittos]] an [[Dafni, Attica|Dafni]]
|South= [[Nea Smyrni]]
|Southwest=[[Kallithea]]
|West=[[Egaleo|Aigaleo]] an [[Tavros]]
|Northwest=[[Peristeri]]
}}

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[[Category:Populatit coastal places in Greece]]
[[Category:Ceity-states]]
[[Category:Greek prefectural caipitals]]
[[Category:Greek regional caipitals]]
[[Category:Populatit places established in the 3rd millennium BC]]
[[Category:Tourism in Greece]]
[[Category:Auncient Greek steids in Greece]]
[[Category:Populatit places in Auncient Greece]]
[[Category:Roman steids in Greece]]


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