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Pella Regional Unit
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Key facts
- Country
- Greece
- Administrative region
- Central Macedonia
- Seat
- Edessa
- Largest town
- Giannitsa , Pella (municipality)
- Total
- 2,506 km (968 sq mi)
- Density
- 50.57/km (131.0/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( EET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+3 ( EEST )
- Postal code
- 58x xx
- Area code
- 238x0
- Vehicle registration
- ΕΕ
- Website
- www .pella .gr
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Encyclopedic overview
Pella (Greek: Περιφερειακή ενότητα Πέλλας) is one of the regional units of Greece, in the geographic region of Macedonia. It is part of the Region of Central Macedonia. It is named after the ancient city of Pella, the capital of ancient Macedonia and the birthplace of Alexander the Great. The capital of Pella is Edessa with a population of 19,036 inhabitants according to the census of 2021, while the largest town is Giannitsa. Other towns include Aridaia, Skydra, Arnissa, Exaplatanos and Krya Vrysi.
Administration
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pella Regional Unit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.