Achaea Regional Unit
Sign in to saveAchaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, Akhaḯa, ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The capital is Patras which is the third largest city in Greece.
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Achaea is one of Greece's regional units, located in the northwestern Peloponnese peninsula as part of the Western Greece region. Its capital, Patras, is Greece's third-largest city, making Achaea an important administrative and urban area in the country.
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- Περιφερειακή ενότηταΑχαΐας
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- regional unit
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- 2010 Dimi Achaias numbered.svg
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- Municipalities of Achaea
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- Western Greece
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- Patras
- Greece place.area
- 3272
- Greece place.population
- 305979
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- 2021
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Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, Akhaḯa, ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The capital is Patras which is the third largest city in Greece.
==Geography== thumb|Gulf of Patras thumb|Mount Aroania (mountain)|Aroania or Chelmos. thumb|Mount Erymanthos thumb|Ladon (river)|River Ladon