Postal code 143 xx Website www.neafiladelfeia.gr Local time Thursday 6:37 AM Area code 210 | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Vehicle registration Z Elevation 110 m Municipality Filadelfeia-Chalkidona | |
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Nea Filadelfeia (Greek: Νέα Φιλαδέλφεια, meaning New Philadelphia) is a suburb of Athens, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Filadelfeia-Chalkidona, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 2.850 km2. It was named after the Anatolian city Filadelfeia, now Alaşehir in Turkey, and it was settled by Greek refugees from Asia Minor after the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922).
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Map of Nea Filadelfeia, Greece
Geography
Nea Filadelfeia is a suburb of Athens, 6 km (4 mi) north of the city centre. Its built-up area is continuous with that of Athens and the surrounding suburbs Nea Chalkidona, Agioi Anargyroi, Acharnes, Metamorfosi and Nea Ionia. Motorway 1 (Athens - Thessaloniki) and Greek National Road 1 pass through the town.
Nea Filadelfeia has a large park, Alsos Neas Filadelfias, which covers 0.48 square kilometres (0.19 sq mi). The park formerly hosted a large zoo.
Education
Nea Filadelfeia has 9 primary schools, 4 secondary schools (one of them is athletic type) and 3 high schools. Among them is the 3rd High School of Nea Filadelfia "Miltos Kountouras".
Sports
Nea Filadelfeia hosts the famous clubs AEK and Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia. AEK sports club was established in Nea Filadelfeia in 1924. In particular, the Nikos Goumas Stadium was the home ground of AEK F.C. from 1930 to 2003. The Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia sports club is renowned in Greece and abroad for its handball, volleyball and basketball achievements.
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Nea Filadelfeia, like most of Athens, has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps. Winters are mild with mean January temperatures above 8 degrees Celsius (46 degrees Fahrenheit), while summers can be particularly hot with mean maximum July temperatures in their mid 30 °C (86 °F)'s. Nea Filadelfeia is notorious in Greece for its summer heat; according to H.N.M.S it registers Greece's highest mean maximum summer temperatures for the period 1955-1997. On 26 June 2007, the H.N.M.S climatological station of Filadelfeia recorded 46.2 °C (115.2 °F), with the H.N.M.S. weather station nearby recording 47.5 °C (117.5 °F) on the same day. [2] [3] For the 1987-2016 period, the mean maximum July temperature for Nea Filadelfeia stands at 34.8 °C (94.6 °F). [4]