Edessa

Summary

Edessa is a city^[1]. Edessa draws 208 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #574 of 5,534).^[2]

Key Facts

• Edessa is located in Edessa Municipality^[3].
• Edessa is located in Commune of Edessa^[4].
• Edessa is in the country of Greece^[5].
• Edessa's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Edessa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Gornji Milanovac^[7].
• Edessa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pleven^[8].
• Edessa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bitola^[9].
• Edessa's postal code is recorded as 58200^[10].
• Edessa's Commons category is recorded as Edessa^[11].
• Edessa's patron saint is recorded as Luke the Evangelist^[12].
• Edessa's local dialing code is recorded as 2381^[13].
• Edessa's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 40.8, 'longitude': 22.05}^[14].
• Edessa's official website is recorded as http://www.edessa.gr/^[15].
• Edessa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Edessa, Greece^[16].
• Edessa has a population of {'amount': '+17848'}^[17].
• Edessa has a population of {'amount': '+8846'}^[18].
• Edessa has a population of {'amount': '+17168'}^[19].
• Edessa has a population of {'amount': '+18493'}^[20].
• Edessa has a population of {'amount': '+17352'}^[21].
• Edessa has a population of {'amount': '+18229'}^[22].
• Edessa's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[23].
• Edessa's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Edessa's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[25].
• Edessa's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[26].
• Edessa's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Geography

Edessa is in the country of Greece^[5]. Located in include Edessa Municipality^[3], a municipality of Greece^[28], in Greece^[29] and Commune of Edessa^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Edessa covers an area of {'amount': '+611'}^[30]. Edessa sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+316'}^[31]. Population counts include {'amount': '+17848'}^[17], {'amount': '+8846'}^[18], {'amount': '+17168'}^[19], {'amount': '+18493'}^[20], {'amount': '+17352'}^[21], and {'amount': '+18229'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Edessa's instance of is recorded as city^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Edessa include Edessa^[32], an ancient city^[33], in Osroene^[34], founded in -0302^[35].

Why It Matters

Edessa draws 208 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #574 of 5,534).^[2] Edessa has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Edessa is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for Edessa include Edessa^[32], an ancient city^[33], in Osroene^[34], founded in -0302^[35].