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-'''Kalambaka''' is a city in the municipality of the same name, [[Trikala prefecture]], [[Thessaly]], [[Greece]].
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-The city had a population of 7721 inhabitants according to the [[2001]] census.
-Kalambaka has been populated since ancient times, its former name being Aeginion. In [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] times it was called Stagoi. It is situated near [[Meteora]] with its monasteries, 352km from [[Athens]] and 237km from [[Thessaloniki]]. The [[Pineios River (Thessaly)|Pineios River]] flows nearby.
-Kalambaka is the seat of the municipality and the [[Kalambaka province|province]] of the same name. It draws tourists mostly bound for Meteora. Another worthwhile site is the medieaval church of the Dormition of Theotokos, which was built on the ruins of an earlier temple of [[Apollo]]
-Singer-composer [[Vasilis Tsitsanis]] wrote a well-known [[rebetiko]] song named "Kalambakiotissa" - the woman from Kalambaka.
-[[Category:Trikala prefecture]]
-[[Category:Cities and towns in Greece]]