Piraeus

Summary

Piraeus is a big city^[1]. Piraeus draws 1,000 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #81 of 300).^[2]

Key Facts

• Piraeus is located in Piraeus Municipality^[3].
• Piraeus is in the country of Greece^[4].
• Piraeus's head of government is recorded as Yannis Moralis^[5].
• Piraeus's image is recorded as Piraeus-collage-b.jpg^[6].
• Piraeus's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Piraeus's instance of is recorded as port city^[8].
• Piraeus's instance of is recorded as tourist destination^[9].
• Piraeus's shares border with is recorded as Nikaia^[10].
• Piraeus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Shanghai^[11].
• Piraeus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Varna^[12].
• Piraeus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Baltimore^[13].
• Piraeus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Worcester^[14].
• Piraeus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Galați^[15].
• Piraeus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Marseille^[16].
• Piraeus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Vilnius^[17].
• Piraeus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Saint Petersburg^[18].
• Piraeus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Batumi^[19].
• Piraeus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rosario^[20].
• Piraeus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Odesa^[21].
• Piraeus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ostrava^[22].
• Piraeus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mariupol^[23].
• Piraeus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 167769040^[24].
• Piraeus's GND ID is recorded as 4115976-7^[25].
• Piraeus's locator map image is recorded as 2011 Dimos Pireos.png^[26].
• Piraeus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82080083^[27].

Body

Geography

Piraeus is in the country of Greece^[4]. Piraeus is located in Piraeus Municipality^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Piraeus's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+10.865'}^[28]. Piraeus's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+168151'}^[30], {'amount': '+163688'}^[31], {'amount': '+175697'}^[32], {'amount': '+181933'}^[33], and {'amount': '+186014'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include big city^[7], port city^[8], and tourist destination^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Piraeus include Peiraios Street^[35], a road^[36], in Greece^[37].

Why It Matters

Piraeus draws 1,000 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #81 of 300).^[2] Piraeus has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Piraeus is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for Piraeus include Peiraios Street^[35], a road^[36], in Greece^[37].