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'''Magnesia''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Μαγνησία ''Magnisia''; see also [[List of traditional Greek place names]]), deriving from the [[Macedonia]]n tribe name ''[[Magnetes]]'', is the name of the southeastern area of [[Thessaly]] in central [[Greece]].  About two-thirds to three-fourths of the entire population live in the Greater [[Volos]] area which is the second-largest city in Thessaly.  Much of the population live within the Pagasetic Gulf and the eastern part.  Its area ranking is between [[Larisa prefecture]] and [[Chalkida]].
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#REDIRECT[[Magnesia]]
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Homeland of the mythical heroes [[Jason]], [[Peleus]] and his son [[Achilles]].
 
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The modern Magnesian capital is the city of [[Volos]], and the homonymous prefecture includes the [[Almyros]] plain, [[Nea Anchialos]] archaeological excavations, the [[Pagasetic Gulf]], the Mt. [[Pelion]] peninsula and the [[Sporades]] islands.
 
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It is bounded by [[Phthiotis prefecture|Phthiotis]] in the southeast, and [[Larisa prefecture|Larisa]] in the west and north.  The lagoon of [[Lake Voivis]] is to the north and is surrounded with farmlands to the west and mountains to the east. It is one of the prefectures that is bounded with only two prefectures.
 
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Most of the settlements are in the western part of the Sporades, southeastern, central, northwestern and along within the Pagasetic Gulf.
 
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==Transportation==
 
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*[[Greece Interstate 1]]/[[E75]], SW, W, NW
 
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*[[Greece Interstate 6]], Cen., NW
 
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*[[Greece Interstate 30]], W, Cen.
 
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==Archaeological sites==
 
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*[[Pagasae]]
 
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*[[Iolcus]]
 
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*[[Demetrias]]
 
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*[[Nea Anchialos]]
 
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==Municipalities and communities==
 
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! Municipality !! YPES code !! Seat !! Postal code !! Area code
 
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| [[Afetes]] || 3708 || [[Neochori (Magnesia), Greece|Neochori]] || 370 10 || 24230-
 
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| Agria || 3701 || [[Agria]] || 373 00 || 24280-
 
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| [[Aisonia]] || 3703 || [[Dimini]] || 385 00 || 24210
 
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| Almyros || 3603 || [[Almyros]] || 371 00 || 24220-
 
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| Alonnisos || 3704 || [[Alonissos]] || 370 05 || 24240-
 
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| Argalasti || 3706 || [[Argalasti]] || 370 06 || 24230-
 
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| [[Artemida (Magnesia), Greece|Artemida]] || 3707 || [[Ano Lechonia]] || 385 00 || 24280-
 
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| [[Feres]] || 3726 || [[Velestino]] || 375 00 || 24250-
 
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| [[Iolcus|Iolkos]] || 3711 || [[Anakasia Iolkou]] || 385 00 || 24210-
 
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| [[Karla, Greece|Karla]] || 3712 || [[Stefanoviki]] || 375 00 || 24250-
 
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| Milea || 3715 || [[Milea (Magnesia), Greece|Milea]] || 370 10 || 24230-
 
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| [[Mouresi]] || 3716 || [[Tsangarada]] || 370 12 || 24260-
 
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| Nea Anchialos || 3717 || [[Nea Anchialos]] || 374 00 || 24280-
 
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| Nea Ionia || 3718 || [[Nea Ionia, Magnesia, Greece|Nea Ionia]] || 383 & 384 || 24210
 
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| Portaria || 3719 || [[Portaria]] || 370 11 || 24280-
 
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| Pteleos || 3720 || [[Pteleos]] || 370 07 || 24220-
 
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| [[Sipiada]] || 3721 || [[Lafkos]] || 370 06 || 24230-
 
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| Skiathos || 3722 || [[Skiathos]] || 370 03 || 24240-
 
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| Skopelos || 3723 || [[Skopelos]] || 370 03 || 24240-
 
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| Sourpi || 3724 || [[Sourpi]] || 370 08 || 24220-
 
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| '''Volos''' || 3709 || [[Volos]] || 380-382 || 24210
 
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| Zagora || 3710 || [[Zagora]] || 370 01 || 24260-
 
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! Community !! YPES code !! Seat !! Postal code !! Area code
 
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| Anavra || 3705 || [[Anavra]] || 350 10 || 22320-9
 
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| Keramidi || 3713 || [[Keramidi (Magnesia), Greece|Keramidi]] || 385 00 || 24280-7
 
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| Makrinitsa || 3714 || [[Makrinitsa]] || 370 11 || 24280-99
 
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| Trikeri || 3725 || [[Trikeri]] || 370 09 || 24230-91
 
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See also: [[Populated places in the Magnesia prefecture]]
 
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==Persons==
 
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*[[Rigas Feraios]] Poet and forerunner of the Greek Revolution of 1821
 
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*[[Lavrentios Dianellos]], a [[List of Greeks|Greek actor]]
 
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==Football (soccer) clubs==
 
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*[[Niki Volos FC|Niki Volos]]
 
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*[[Olympiakos Volos FC|Olympiakos Volos]]
 
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==Hotels==
 
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*[[Laodamia Hotel]]
 
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*[[Protessilaos Hotel]]
 
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== External links ==
 
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*[http://www.magnesia.gr Homepage of the Magnesia prefecture]
 
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*[http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/enh/PILIONWWW/pages/magnesia.html History of Magnesia]
 
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*[http://www.magnesia.gr/Promotion_plan/english/history.htm History of Magnesia]
 
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*[http://www.travel-pelion.gr Hotels Association Of Magnesia]
 
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[[Category:Prefectures of Greece]]
 

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