Country Greece Time zone EET (UTC+2) Vehicle registration Z Local time Thursday 6:40 AM Municipality Marathon Regional unit East Attica | Elevation 10 m (30 ft) Postal code 190 05 Website www.neamakri.gr Area code 22940 Administrative region Attica | |
Weather 13°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 59% Humidity Points of interest Paralia Zoumperi, Paralia Mprexiza, Laografiko Mousio, Argira Akti, Paralia Karla, Paralia Mati | ||
Nea Makri (Greek: Νέα Μάκρη) is a town in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Marathon, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 36.662 km2.
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Map of Nea Makri 190 05, Greece
Geography
Nea Makri is situated on the coast of the Petalioi Gulf, a gulf of the Aegean Sea, in the easternmost part of the Attica peninsula. It is 7 km north of Rafina, 8 km south of Marathon and 25 km northeast of Athens city centre. The municipal unit Nea Makri also contains the village Neos Voutzas, 5 km south of Nea Makri town centre. Greek National Road 83 (Athens - Marathon - Rafina) passes through Nea Makri. It is widely known and visited due to its coastline and its beaches are among the top10 cleaner in the region of Attica.
History
The area was once known as Plesti, but following the 1922 Greek military disaster in Asia Minor and the subsequent repatriation of Greeks from the town of Makri, it was renamed Nea Makri (New Makri).
The United States Navy operated a HF radio communications base north of Nea Makri from the mid to the late 20th century. The transmitters were located further north, at Kato Souli. The callsign of the station was NGR. The American naval communications station was the deployment location for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, homeported in Gulfport, MS.