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Fira
EntityQ617169· pop 31· linked from 137 articles

Also known as Thira

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Key facts

Greece place.name
Fira
Greece place.name_local
Φηρά
Greece place.type
community
Greece place.image_skyline
Santorini Fira3 tango7174.jpg
Greece place.periph
South Aegean
Greece place.periphunit
Thira
Greece place.municipality
Thira
Greece place.municunit
Thira
Greece place.population_as_of
2021
Greece place.population
1516

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thumb|View of Fira from the sea

Firá (, pronounced , official name Φηρά Θήρας - Firá Thíras) is the modern capital of the Greek Aegean island of Santorini (Thera). A traditional settlement, "Firá" derives its name from an alternative pronunciation of "Thíra", the ancient name of the island itself. thumb|View of Fira

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fira” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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