Skaramangas
Skaramagas (also spelled Skaramangas; ) is a port town in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. It is part of the municipality of Haidari and is divided into three main neighborhoods, Ano Afaia, Kato Afaia and the coastal zone. It is known for its large shipyard. It took its name by the Chiot merchant Amvrosios Skaramagas.
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Skaramagas
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Σκαραμαγκάς
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Attica
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- West Athens
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Chaidari
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.population
- 1064
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 124 62
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 210
- Greek Dimos.licence
- Z
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Skaramagas (also spelled Skaramangas; ) is a port town in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. It is part of the municipality of Haidari and is divided into three main neighborhoods, Ano Afaia, Kato Afaia and the coastal zone. It is known for its large shipyard. It took its name by the Chiot merchant Amvrosios Skaramagas.
==Geography== Skaramagas is situated on the east coast of the Bay of Elefsina, a bay of the Saronic Gulf. The Aigaleo mountain to the east separates it from the rest of Athens. Skaramagas is 5 km west of Chaidari town centre, 6 km south of Aspropyrgos, 7 km southeast of Elefsina, and 11 km west of Athens city centre. Greek National Road 8 (the old Athens - Corinth - Patras road) passes through Skaramagas.