Ptolemaida
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Ptolemaida (, Katharevousa: Πτολεμαΐς, Ptolemaïs) is a town and a former municipality in the Kozani regional unit of Western Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality of Eordaia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is known for its coal (lignite) mines and its power stations.
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- Locality
- Πτολεμαΐδα
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Μακεδονίας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 30,045
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Ptolemaida
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Πτολεμαΐδα
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Ptolemaidas.svg
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Ptolemaida,_Kozani_prefecture,_Greece_-_aerial_view.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- Aerial view of Ptolemaida
- Greek Dimos.city_seal
- Coat of arms - Ptolemaida, Greece.png
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 600
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Western Macedonia
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Kozani
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Eordaia
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 35334
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 31575
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 217.901
- Greek Dimos.area_community
- 57.508
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 502 00
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Πτολεμαΐς
- Population
- 32142
- Area
- 217.901
- Elevation
- 609
- Official website
- www.ptolemaida.gr
- Image
- Ptolemaida, Kozani prefecture, Greece - aerial view.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2463
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- Commons category
- Ptolemaida
- postal code
- 502 00
- native label
- Πτολεμαΐς
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Travel guide
Understand
thumb|Askio mountain near the city
Ptolemaida sits in the middle of the Eordaia plain, and is surrounded by the mountain slopes of Mount Askio - Siniatsiko, in the southwest and Mount Vermios in the northeast. It is built on a plateau at an altitude of 600 m.
Ptolemaida is a highly industrialized area. The four power plants in this area produce 70% of Greece's electrical power, using the large local deposits of lignite as fuel.
Get in
From Thessaloniki, it is connected by road via Kastania - Vermio 150 km (old road) via the Egnatia highway (new road network), and also via Edessa, 140 km.
It is north of Kozani (which has the nearest airport) at a distance of 28 km, east of Kastoria at a distance of 55 km, south, southeast of Florina at a distance of 54 km and southwest of Edessa at a distance of about 54 km.
It has a railway station.
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Neolithic period
- Archaic period
- Macedonian Period
- Hellenistic period
- Roman period
- Byzantine period
- Ottoman period
- Modern period
- Culture
- Economy
- Education
- Climate
- Demographics
- Geography
- Friendship towns
- People
- See also
- References
- External links
Ptolemaida (, Katharevousa: Πτολεμαΐς, Ptolemaïs) is a town and a former municipality in the Kozani regional unit of Western Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality of Eordaia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is known for its coal (lignite) mines and its power stations.
==Name== During the Ottoman period the city was called Kayılar (English: Kailar, German: Kajilar), rendered into English as Kaïlar. This name was retained in Greek as Kailaria (Καϊλάρια) until 1927. Kayılar refers to the Kayı tribe, the tribe of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire. The modern name Ptolemaida was introduced by decree on January 20, 1927, honoring Ptolemy I Soter, son of Lagus, comrade-in-arms of Alexander the Great and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty, and his daughter Ptolemaïs, who are said to originate from that region. His statue stands in the central square of the city.
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