Eordea
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- Eordea is also a spider genus (Linyphiidae).
| Statistics | |
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| Prefecture: | Kozani |
| Capital: | Ptolemaida |
| Location: Latitude: Longitude: |
40.5/40°30' N lat. 21.6/21°36' E long |
| Dwellings: | --> |
| Population: (2001) Total - Density¹ - Rank |
-about 60,000 to 65,000 /km² |
| Elevation: -lowest: -centre: -highest: |
southern part Vermio mountains |
| Area/distance code: | 11-30-(00)30-24630 |
| Percent of the prefectural population: | about 39% |
| Percent of the prefectural area: | about 25 to 30% |
| Postal code: | 503 xx |
| Municipalities: | - |
| Communities: | - |
| Municipal code: | -x |
| Car designation: | KZ |
| Name of inhabitants: | Eordean or Eordaian sing. -s pl. |
Eordea (Greek: Εορδαία), rarely Eordaia, Latin: Eordaia is a province in northern Greece. It is part of Western Macedonia and more specifically is located in the prefecture of Kozani. Eordea borders the province of Kozani to the south, the prefectures of Kastoria to the northwest, the prefectures of Florina to the north, Pella to the northeast. Imathia to the east. The capital of Eordea is Ptolemaida, which is a well-developed industrial city most known for its power plants which are run by the Public Power Corporation (also called DEI).
[edit] History
In archaic Greek Eordea comes from the pelasgian word Eorda , which means Mother Earth and is the ancient name given to that region because of the fertility of its soil.
The history of Eordea can be found stretching long before 3000 BCE when the first Greeks known as the Aeolians and Arcadians began to inhabit this area. Remnants of the exploited copper mines during 2700 throughout 1200 BCE reveal the fact that Greeks inhabited Eordea for thousands of years.
Iron mines have also been exploited in the Eordean region. Ptolemaida is the capital of the province of Eordea that is located in the prefecture Kozani of western Macedonia, with over 40.000 inhabitants.
The capitol Ptolemaida - Πτολεμαΐδα in Greek, was named after Ptolemy the first of Eordea born in the year 337 BCE and famously known as a distinguished General of Alexander the Great.
After the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE, Ptolemy is known in antiquity as the founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Alexandria in Egypt, which thrived until the death of Cleopatra the last reigning Pharaoh of Egypt.
[edit] Recent Discoveries
Most recently within a fifty-year period, due to the industrial development of the Eordean countryside paleontologists and archaeologists have made many discoveries. In particular the skeletal fossils of a prehistoric mammoth was found, also a prehistoric elephant as well as Stone Age tools were found within the province of Eordea. This stunning find brings to light an incredible addition to the variety of animal species and human artifacts that have been found in this particular region of western Macedonia.
[edit] Football
Eordaikos, the historic football club of West Macedonia was named after.
| Municipalities and communities of the Kozani Prefecture |
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| Agia Paraskevi • Aiani • Askio • Dimitrios Ypsilantis • Elimeia • Ellispontos • Kamvounia • Kozani • Mouriki • Neapoli • Ptolemaida • Servia • Siatista • Tsotyli • Velventos • Vermio |
| Vlasti • Livadero • Pentalofos |
