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Khalkís (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 27 49 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.4636 decimal degrees |
| Long: 023 35 58 E degrees minutes |
Long: 23.5994 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was a flourishing trade center in Antiquity; its citizens colonized Sicily in 8th cen. BC; was a tributary to Athens; Philip II of Macedon garrisoned here; was partly destroyed after allying itself with the Achaean League against Rome in 146 BC. |
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| Khalkís (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Calchi (C,V)
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| Khálki (C,V)
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| Khalki (C,V)
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| Chalkis (C,V)
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| Chalki (C,O)
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| Chalke (C,O)
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| Chalcis (C,O,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Chalkída (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Chalkís (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Euripos (NA,V,Ancient Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Χαλκίς (NA,V,Greek,U)
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| Χαλκίδα (NA,V,Greek,U)
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Évvoia (regional division) (P) |
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Euboea (island) (P) |
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Khalkís (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, B) |
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was flourishing center before 8th cen. BC |
| town (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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Avlida .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Greece, Region of Central Greece, Évvoia regional division) [5004252] |
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