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'''Piraeus''', or '''Peiraeus''' (Modern Greek: Πειραιά(ς) ''Pireá(s)'', Ancient Greek / [[Katharevousa]]: Πειραιεύς ''Pireéfs'') is a city in the [[Attica prefecture]], [[Greece]], located south of [[Athens]]. It was the port of the ancient city of Athens, and was chosen to serve as the modern port when Athens was re-founded in [[1834]]. Piraeus remains a major shipping and industrial centre, and is the terminus for Line 1 (the "green line"), the electric train service now incorporated into the [[Athens Metro]].
The population of the ''demos'' (municipality) of Piraeus is 175,697 (2001). The ''nomarchia'' of Piraeus, which includes the surrounding land and some of the islands of the [[Saronic Gulf]], has a population of 541,504 (2001). It consists of a rocky promontory, containing three natural harbours, a large one on the north-west which is an important commercial harbour for the eastern [[Mediterranean Sea]], and two smaller ones ([[Pasalimani]] and [[Tourkolimano]]) used for naval purposes. The port serves ferry routes to almost every island in the eastern portion of Greece, the island of [[Crete]], the [[Cyclades]], the [[Dodecanese]], and much of the northern and the eastern [[Aegean]]. The western part of the port is used for cargo services and covers a huge area. Much of that part of the harbour is in suburban [[Drapetsona]].
==History==

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