Aigaleo, West Athens, Attica, Greece

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🇬🇷 Aigaleo or Egaleo is a municipality in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, region of Attica, Greece. It takes its name from Mount Aigaleo.

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Geography Aigaleo is four km (2.5 mi) west of Athens city centre. The municipality has an area of 6.450 km² (2.490 sq mi). It is south-east of Mount Aigaleo. The Cephissus river flows through the industrialised eastern part of the municipality; about 1/4 of its area is taken up by factory developments. The town is served by two Metro stations: Egaleo and Agia Marina metro stations. The Motorway 1 (Athens-Thessaloniki-Evzones) passes through the town.

Aigaleo consists of the quarters Kato Aigaleo, Neo Aigaleo, Damarakia, Lioumi, Rosika, Agios Spyridonas and Agios Georgios.

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History Aigaleo was part of the municipality of Athens until 1934, when it became a separate community. It was raised to municipality status in 1943.

On September 29, 1944, during the Axis occupation of Greece, a massacre of at least 65 civilians (with estimates ranging up to 150 casualties) by the German forces took place in Aigaleo's Agios Georgios neighborhood.

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Aigaleo has a population of over 69,946 people. Aigaleo also forms one of the centres of the wider West Athens District which has a population of over 489,675 people. It is also a part of the larger Greater Athens agglomeration.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Aigaleo has links with:

🇨🇾 Kythrea, Cyprus 🇪🇸 Leganés, Spain 🇮🇹 Reggio Calabria, Italy
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Antipodal to Aigaleo is: -156.319,-37.99

Locations Near: Aigaleo 23.6807,37.9896

🇬🇷 Egaleo 23.681,37.99 d: 0  

🇬🇷 Peristéri 23.692,38.013 d: 2.8  

🇬🇷 Korydallos 23.65,37.983 d: 2.8  

🇬🇷 Athens 23.717,37.983 d: 3.2  

🇬🇷 Kallithea 23.696,37.951 d: 4.5  

🇬🇷 Ilion 23.7,38.033 d: 5.1  

🇬🇷 Nikaia 23.633,37.967 d: 4.9  

🇬🇷 Nea Smyrni 23.717,37.95 d: 5.4  

🇬🇷 Palaio Faliro 23.7,37.933 d: 6.5  

🇬🇷 Piraeus 23.644,37.941 d: 6.3  

Antipodal to: Aigaleo -156.319,-37.99

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🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 17021.9  

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🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13486.9  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13470.4  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13467.8  

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🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 13420.4  

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