Kavala

Statistics
Prefecture and Province: Kavala (capital)
Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:

41.938667/41°56'23" N lat.
24.4055/24°24'17" E long
Population: (2001)
 - Total
 - Density¹
 - Rank

  63,774

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Elevation:
 -lowest:
 -centre:
 -highest:

Gulf of Kavala
2 m (centre)
northern part
Number of subdivisions: -
Postal code: 650 thru 655
Area/distance code: 11-30-Greece dialing code 2510 (0030-2510)-2 thru 7
Municipal code: 2304
Car designation: KB (Καβάλα)
3-letter abbreviation: DR
Address of administration: 10 Kyprou St.
Kavala 654 02

Kavala (also seen as Kavála, Kavalla, Cavalla, and Cavalle Greek: Καβάλα, Albanian: Kavalë), (2001 pop. 63,774), is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala prefecture. It is prettily situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos.

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Picture of the port and downtown

History

It was originally founded by settlers from Paros in about the 6th century BC, who called it Neapolis ("new city"). Gold mines in the Pangaion hills nearby made it prosperous. It became a Roman civitas in 168 BC, and was a base for Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC, before their defeat in the Battle of Philippi. The Apostle Paul landed at Kavala on his first voyage to Europe, and in Byzantine times the city was renamed Christoupolis.

Kavala was part of the Ottoman Empire from 1371 to 1912. Mehmet Ali was born here in 1769. Some of its most recognisable landmarks is a Venecian castle, in the hill of Panagia, and an aquaduct built by Suleiman I during his reign. The later serves still today as a city logo.

Theodoros Zagorakis, the captain of the Greece national football team that stunned the football world by winning EURO 2004, is a native of Kavala.

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Kavala, Macedon, Hellas (picture of the old town and downtown)

Twinnings

It is a sister city of Nuremberg, Germany.

Postage stamps

Between 1893 and 1903, the French post office in the city issued its own postage stamps; at first stamps of France overprinted with "Cavalle" and a value in piasters, then in 1902 the French designs inscribed "CAVALLE".

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A black and white frame-like photo of Kavala

Other

Kavala has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a post office, a sporting centre and squares (plateies). Kavala is one of the largest cities including Heraklio that does not have a train station in Greece.

Historical population

Year Population Change Municipal population Change
1981 56,705 - - -
1991 56,571 -136/-0.24% 60,187 -
2001 - - 63,774 3,587/5.96%

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See also

Template:Kavala prefecturede:Kavala el:Καβάλα es:Kavala fr:Kavala nl:Kavala ro:Kavala ru:Кавала sv:Kavala

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